Cardinal Paul Shan recently asked us to grant a pardon to the Hsichih trio and abolish the death sentence, but once a verdict has been reviewed and approved three times, we are obliged to carry it out. There is no other choice, even though it is very painful to carry out a death sentence.
最近樞機主教單國璽向我們提出希望特赦蘇建和等人與廢除死刑，對於三審判決確定的案子，我們其實只能執行，沒有其他選擇，雖然每一個執行死刑案件都讓人非常沈痛。