Guatemala's President Asks Congress to Reinstate Death Penalty
Published 12 February 2021 (18 hours 18 minutes ago)
Guatemala's President Alejandro Giammattei on Thursday urged Congress to reinstate the death penalty for some crimes, including femicide and child abuse, following the murder of an eight-year-old girl in the country.
"Let our hands not tremble to confront criminals," Giammattei said, stressing that hardly any felony receives such punishment in the Constitution.
All crimes against children "should be punished with the criminal's life," he said one day after Sharon Figueroa was found dead in the Peten Department.
On Monday, the girl disappeared from her home's courtyard. The next day, her body was found with signs of violence and asphyxiation. No signs of sexual violence were found, although it is believed that she died at the hands of a man.
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