“Kodwa okwesibini uthi 'uluntu maluyiphindezelele, kwaye uluntu kufuneka lohlwaye'. Ayilunganga kumacala omabini. Impindezelo ivela emntwini kunye nesohlwayo esivela kuThixo.”
- UVictor Hugo, Usuku lokugqibela lweNdoda egwetyiweyo
Iunited States. 2014. Inkulungwane yama-21. Isohlwayo sokufa sisekho ngamandla apheleleyo kumazwe angama-32 kuma-50. Uyothusa. Ikhohlakele kwaye ayiqhelekanga.
Ngo-Aprili 29, 2014 kwiphondo lase-Oklahoma, uClayton Lockett, ibanjwa eligwetywe ukufa emva kokuhlaselwa sisifo sentliziyo ngenxa yokungaphumeleli kwesitofu esibulalayo. Akunjalo kuphela. Wenziwa umxube ongavavanywanga, “i-cocktail” ukuze kuthiwe, wamachiza awayekade engavavanywanga ukuba abulawe eUnited States. Ukubulawa kwanqunyanyiswa kodwa u-Lockett wasweleka kwimizuzu engama-43 emva kwaloo nyani, ngelo xesha wayehamba kwiintlungu ezingathethekiyo, exhuzule, wazama ukuphakama kwitafile yokubulawa izihlandlo ezilishumi elinesine….ngamafutshane, iphupha elibi laliqhubeka.
Isizathu sento eqhele ukubizwa ngoku “kukubulawa okubotshiweyo” kungenxa yokuba iinkampani ezininzi zaseYurophu ezibonelela ngechiza eliyimfuneko elaziwa ngokuba yipropofol (esetyenziswa kakhulu njengesidambisa kunye ne-anesthetic) kwicocktail ebulalayo ziye zayeka ukubonelela ngalo. iinjongo zokutofwa okubulalayo, njengoko iManyano yaseYurophu ingqongqo ngokuchasene nesigwebo sentambo. I-EU yenze ulawulo olungqongqo lokuthumela ngaphandle kwiqela lamachiza. IKhomishini yaseYurophu yabhengeza ngoDisemba ukuba ifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba akukho namnye othengiswayo ukuze asetyenziswe “kwisohlwayo sokubethwa, intuthumbo okanye enye impatho ekhohlakeleyo, engenabuntu okanye ethoba isidima okanye isohlwayo.”
Ngaphambili, iUnited States ibiqhelisela ukubulawa kwabantu kusetyenziswa isitulo sombane kwanangomkhosi wokudubula. Amanye amazwe afana neVirginia asasebenzisa isitulo sombane. Into eyayimangalisa ngokumangalisayo emva kobugxwayiba kunye nokuhlazeka kokubulawa kuka-Lockett ngokungakhathali yayikukuba endaweni yokuphonononga nokucinga nzulu ngenkohlakalo yesigwebo sentambo, oko amanye amazwe agqibe kwelokuba akwenze kukhetha ezinye iindlela, ezo ndlela zazisetyenziswa ngaphambili. qhubeka uziqhelise! Amanye amazwe sele eqalisile ukuthatha isigqibo sokubuyisa isitulo sombane kwaye…ewe, nkqu neqela labadubulayo.
Ezinye iindlela zokubulala zaye zasetyenziswa kancinci nangaphantsi kwaye ukukhethwa kwezitofu ezibulalayo kwabonwa ekuhambeni kweminyaka njengoko kwakujongwa njengohlobo “lobuntu” lokubulala amabanjwa agwetyelwe ukufa. Umbuzo ngulo: ngaba kukho nantoni na "enobuntu" ngokubulala umntu, kungakhathaliseki ukuba ulwaphulo-mthetho lwakhe luyintoni kwaye kungakhathaliseki ukuba unetyala kangakanani? Kuyaxaka ukucinga ukuba nabani na onengqondo ephilileyo angaqwalasela nantoni na enjengobuntu ekubulaweni komnye umntu.
Singasathethi ke ukuba yinto eqhelekileyo ekubulaweni kwe-US ukuvumela amalungu eentsapho zamaxhoba ukuba ahlale kwaye abukele umboniso, njengoko kubonakala ukuba le nkqubo ibonelela ngohlobo oluthile lwe-catharsis kunye nokuvalwa kumalungu entsapho kunye nabathandekayo bexhoba. . Hayi, le asiyoYurophu yamaxesha aphakathi xa ukubulawa kwabantu esidlangalaleni kwakuyeyona nto iphambili yokonwabisa abantu. Le yiUnited States ngo-2014. Kwanele uthe?
Inqaku elibangel’ umdla nelonakalisa intliziyo elisandul’ ukupapashwa ligqwetha lamalungelo abantu ngokufanelekileyo labonisa ukuba ngoxa iUnited States ilapho, kutheni kungenziwa ukubulawa kwabantu ngokubanzi kumabonwakude ukuze kungqinelwe ilizwe lonke? Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukuba...iphelela phi le mpambano? Ukrolwe phi umgca kwaye uyakuze uzotywe? Ithetha ntoni ngoluntu kunye nemilinganiselo yalo engundoqo xa inokuthi ivumele ukubulawa kwabantu ngabom kwaye idibanise kunye ukuze ibonelele ngokwenene ukufezekisa ukukhululeka kunye nokuvalwa? Kumazwe apho isigwebo sokufa siye sapheliswa, ngaba iintsapho zamaxhoba azikwazi ukuhlangabezana nentlungu yawo? Okubonakala kucacile koku kukuba uluntu luqhelana noko kuvunyelwe kulo. Akusekho sizathu sokuba abantu baseMelika babone ngokwenyani ukubulawa komntu obangele ukwenzakala kweentsapho zabo kunye noluntu lwaseMelika ukuba lukhuphe ubulungisa ngokwenza oko nangaphezu komzekelo, eYurophu.
Kuyavunywa, asithethi ngokubulawa komntu omsulwa ngokubhekisele kuLockett. Wayetyholwa ngokuxhwila, ukubetha nokungcwaba ibhinqa eliselula liphila. Ulwaphulo-mthetho olumanyumnyezi ngolo hlobo ngokucacileyo akufunekanga lungohlwaywa kwaye kubulelwe ukuba umenzi wobubi wabanjwa. Nangona kunjalo, umbuzo obalulekileyo ovelayo malunga nomba wesohlwayo sokufa ngulo: ingaba yeyona nto incinane yokuziphatha, ingqiqo, ubuntu okanye yinto eqhelekileyo ukubulala umntu obulele okanye owenza naluphi na olunye ulwaphulo-mthetho? Ngaba iimpazamo ezimbini ziyalungisa?
IsiHlomelo seSibhozo kuMgaqo-siseko wase-US siyakwalela urhulumente wobumbano ekubekeni ibheyile egqithisileyo, isohlwayo esigqithisileyo okanye izohlwayo ezikhohlakeleyo nezingaqhelekanga, kuquka ukuthuthunjiswa. INkundla ePhakamileyo yase-US igwebe ukuba esi sihlomelo seSigatya seSigwebo esikhohlakeleyo nesiNgaqhelekanga siyasebenza nakumazwe. Kuninzi okuthethiweyo malunga noLungiso lweSibhozo emva kokubulawa kukaLockett. Noko ke, ngaba sele isetyenzisiwe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku? Hayi ncma.
Akukho mathandabuzo ngokupheleleyo ukuba "inkohlakalo kwaye engaqhelekanga" iqala kuphela ukuchaza oko kuqukwa sisigwebo sokufa. Akukho ukuziphatha okanye isidima kwindlela yobulungisa, okanye ukungabikho kwayo, efumana nayiphi na into esemthethweni okanye eqhelekileyo ekubulaleni abantu ngesizathu sokufumana obo bulungisa.
