Peru's president pushes for death for child killers

Sexual predators who slay victims 'have no right to live,' he says

LIMA, PERU — Peru's president has announced he will seek to establish the death penalty for sexual predators who kill children.

'Criminals need much more severe penalties and in the face of the horrendous crime of rape followed by murder of underage kids. I believe these people have no right to live,' President Alan Garcia told reporters. 'Society must defend itself from them, reinstituting the death penalty.' More.