The penalty of death is too harsh, in any jurisdiction, and moreso for the accused prosecuted and tried in a foreign country without possibly the benefit of the best defenses available substantively and procedurally: Elizabeth Batain, Ramon Credo, and Sally Ordinario Villanueva, convicted of drug trafficking in China and scheduled for lethal injection any minute now. Also, the judicial system of China is more “inquisitorial” than “adversarial” ( in an “adversarial” litigation, the presumption of innocence is allowed to hold sway ); i’m also not sure that they were able to avail of the best legal assistance. But these are paradigmatic arguments — useless and too late . i know. i hope the Chinese authorities find it in their hearts to stay the execution one more time and see that busting the drug syndicate itself by making use of state witnesses may have more profound effects in solving the pernicious heroin and cocaine trade …
Our prayers for Elizabeth Batain, Ramon Credo, Sally Ordinario Villanueva.
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I agree whole heartedly. I am not filipino but have been following the news concerning Sally. I believe she ultimately was duped by a syndicate. A woman from a poor family simply hoping for something better.When you are caught with drugs whether you know it or not you have to accept being arrested and probable prison time but she did NOT deserve death. True justice for someone has to be applicable to the facts and any possiblity of manipulation such as in Sally’s case should be taken into consideration in any sentencing. Justice cannot be absolute whereas it is written in stone and one size fits all. I have never met Sally or her family and yet my heart cries for her as if she was someone close to me. She will not be forgotten.
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