Death penalty plan gets double rejection

A proposal to introduce the death penalty to Panama is a retrograde step says a former Panama Ombudsman.

Ricardo Vargas described the proposal of the death penalty presented by Rep. Marco Gonzalez as: " a setback to democratic progress. It is not the way to fight crime,".Vargas argues that the project goes against international conventions and violates the Constitution. "The best thing is to discard and kill in the crib this proposal as foolish and inappropriate", he said. The Catholic Church also rejected Gonzalo proposal of the deputy