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MANILA , Philippines (AFP) — Philippine boxing hero turned senator Manny Pacquiao said Thursday he supports a plan by the newly elected president to impose the death penalty, a proposal that has been met with strong opposition in the Catholic nation. Speaking after he was sworn into office, the high school dropout and devout evangelical Christian said he supported capital punishment because it was sanctioned by his faith. “I’m in favour of the death penalty. […]
Presumptive President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (May 16) said that he will allow Maoist Rebels to join his cabinet, restore death penalty and change the system of governance when assumes the presidency. Duterte, who has yet to be officially proclaims but assumed to be the next Philippine President, will be replacing incumbent Benigno S. Aquino III when he steps down on June 30. Duterte told in a news conference in Davao his plan on resuming […]
The lawyers of Mary Jane Veloso expressed their hopes regarding the permanent reprieve of their client after Indonesia declared a moratorium on the conduct of death penalty. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/pWSm_dFSVkc
The 21-year old suspect in the Boston marathon bombing last April 2013 may face death penalty.
(Eagle News Service) — The senate is set to review the possibility of reviving death penalty in the country. In an interview with senate reporters, Senator Vicente Sotto III has again revived his call for the re-imposition of the death penalty in the country, following the exposed luxurious prison lifestyle of several convicted drug lords in the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). The senator, however, said that he will amend his bill that imposes death penalty […]
Senate President Franklin Drilon is asking his colleagues to start the debate on the proposed revival of death penalty in the country.
Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista is pushing for the restoration of the death penalty for drug-related crimes and rape.
Authorities in the State of Oklahoma in the US agreed to a temporary moratorium on the death penalty after the botched execution of a convicted rapist.
Indian’s Supreme Court has granted two young men convicted of a fatal gang-rape a stay of execution. The attack on a 23-year-old student in 2012 shocked the country, triggering street demonstrations and tougher laws. In an emergency court session held on Saturday, two Supreme Court judges ordered the hangings of two of the four convicts to be put on hold, after the men’s lawyers appealed. “The court issued instructions for holding a detailed hearing before […]
