Religious groups on Tuesday gave contrarian opinions to lawmakers on the morality of imposing death penalty even on the most heinous of criminals. READ: Aguirre to solons: Death penalty will instill fear among criminals“A magistrate (candidate) who opposes the death penalty for murder is a dangerous man for he stands against the only penalty that will cleanse the land of innocent blood, and therefore, he willfully contributes to the pollution of the land by blood,” he added. READ: ‘Death penalty back in one year’Duterte has won the elections in a campaign promise to restore death penalty by hanging, even making a snide remark that the convicts’ head should be severed from the hanging. Alvarez said Congress would look into the cheapest way for death penalty, either by firing squad, lethal injection, or by hanging. TVJREAD: Death penalty: ‘The cheaper, the better’

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 22, 2016 11:33 UTC