TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. GOVERNMENT’S HANGING DECISION AN ACT OF DESPERATION, CATHOLIC NEWS

the Government's decision to resume hangings is an act of desperation and political expediency, according to a page one editorial in Trinidad and Tobago’s Catholic News.
According to the editorial, "The death penalty is inherently flawed and goes against the principles of natural justice."
It added: “To suddenly resume hangings is borne more out of political expediency and desperation rather than sound judgement.”
While stating that it empathised with "those who have lost loved ones in horrific circumstances", the Catholic News argued that hanging convicted murderers would not decrease violent crime, which had several complex causes.
The newspaper editorial said State executions were "wrong" according to Catholicism, and added that the "hesitation by the State to carry out the death penalty over several years is itself an indication of its moral uncertainty". The Catholic News said it was an irony that most of those on Death Row were "poor and black", while white-collar criminals were able to get off on charges because they could afford the best legal defence.