Article: LATIN AMERICA-HUMAN RIGHTS: HANGING AND SECURITY

Consuelo Albornoz Tinajero
Inter Press Service English News Wire
06-21-1995
QUITO, June 21 (IPS) -- What a difference a decade makes: Latin
American nations, once opposed to capital punishment as penalty for
murder, are facing public pressure to reimpose it.
"Awareness of fear" is the reason the public wants hanging
resumed, says Juan de Dios Parra, spokesman of the Latin American
Association for Human Rights (ALDHU). That's a reference to the
tide of insecurity sweeping the region as crime rates soar.
In an interview with IPS, Parra said fear had changed society's
perception of the death penalty and made people more tolerant of
moves to restore the death penalty and toughen sanctions against
...

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