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Global debates on capital punishment

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Pope Leo XIV has condemned the death penalty as ‘inadmissible’, arguing that it attacks the dignity of the human person and removes the possibility of redemption. The Vatican’s stance was released on the World Day Against the Death Penalty. These remarks coincide with significant controversy in the United States regarding the scheduled December 3, 2026, execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, a former Army major convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood massacre. The U.S. Department of Defense has proposed livestreaming the execution via firing squad, a plan that has drawn criticism from the UN Human Rights Office and U.S. lawmakers. While President Donald Trump has indicated the convicted individual ‘deserves’ the sentence, the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, described the prospect of a public broadcast as ‘unacceptable’. The UN Human Rights Office has further warned that livestreaming an execution could be considered a form of torture. The Pope’s position emphasizes that justice and the common good can be maintained through effective detention systems that allow for redemption. Simultaneously, debates regarding capital punishment have resurfaced in Paraguay following the feminicide of Deisy Paola Giménez Segovia. In response to calls for harsher sentencing, the Paraguayan Ombudsman's Office noted that the 1992 Constitution prohibits the death penalty, with the country’s last execution occurring in 1917.

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