Officer:
Death row convicts should face firing squad
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Embu
West OCPD Francis Sang’ speaks during a public debate by Power of Mercy
Advisory Committee on Capital offense and capital punishment in Embu town. He
proposed that criminals condemned to death sentence be subjected to a firing
squad. (PHOTO:
JOSEPH MUCHIRI/ STANDARD)
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A senior
police officer has proposed that criminals condemned to death sentence be
subjected to a firing squad.
Embu West
OCPD Francis Sang’ said the Government should not waste resources feeding
criminals and should execute them immediately after sentencing either through a
firing squad or by hanging.
Sang’
said criminals in life imprisonment live in comfort as they are assured of food
and shelter all their life at the prisons till they die, despite committing
brutal offences.
“We
as police officers understand this well because we visit crime scenes. What we
come across in these scenes shows how dangerous criminals are. Such offenders
should either be hanged or shot dead. Feeding them in jail till they die is too
lenient,” said Mr Sang’.
The
officer was among security chiefs and opinion leaders in the county who called
for retaining of the death sentence as punishment for capital offenders to
reduce crime in the country.
Public views
They
spoke at a Power of Mercy Advisory Committee forum organised to gather public
views on capital offences and capital punishment at the Embu cultural hall over
the weekend.
The
forum was led by the committee secretary Michael Kagika and the National Crime
Research Centre director Gerald Wandera.
Embu
West Directorate of Criminal Investigations head Joshua Cheptoo said some
criminals can never change no matter how many years they spend in jail.
He
said some capital offenders released through presidential clemency sometimes
turn against their accusers and make the society live in fear.
“Those
under life imprisonment should be vetted carefully before they are released to
the society,” he said.
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