RWANDA. THE DEATH PENALTY HAS NOT BENEFITED US, MINISTER

Rwanda’s Minister of Infrastructure, Stanislas Kamanzi, appealed to the people of Gicumbi to support the government's proposal to scrap the death penalty.
"Though the Death Penalty has existed in our country for so long, it has not benefited us in any way. A punishment is meant to make someone change his or her habits and be an example to others. Killing him or her, does not in any way bring about any change to commit a crime," the Minister said.
He further noted that the death penalty did not give people a chance to exploit all avenues of the law. "When you kill some one and later discover that there was a mistake in the court ruling or discover evidence that the person was innocent, there is no way you can bring back his or her life," Kamanzi underscored.