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WASHINGTON, Dec 1, 2023 (AFP) An Oklahoma man convicted of a double murder was put to death by lethal injection in the US state of Oklahoma on Thursday, the 24th and final execution to be carried out in the United States this year. Phillip Hancock, 59, was executed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, a spokeswoman for the state’s Department of Corrections said. He had been sentenced to death for the April 2001 murders […]
(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo referred the letter of request for executive clemency of former Calauan, Laguna Antonio Sanchez’s family to the Board of Pardons and Parole. This is according to BPP executive director 3 Reynaldo Bayang, who faced the Senate blue ribbon and justice commitees hearing the Good Conduct and Time Allowance law. “In line with the President’s commitment for good governance, transparency and immediate action on matters that affect the welfare of the […]
by Javier Tovar Agence France Presse Disgraced American football star O.J. Simpson, whose racially charged 1995 murder trial riveted the nation, was released from jail on parole early Sunday after nine years behind bars for armed robbery. Simpson, 70, left the Lovelock Correctional Center in the western state of Nevada just after midnight local time, prison spokesperson Brooke Keast said. “I don’t know where he was headed,” Keast told AFP. Simpson was granted parole at […]
by Javier Tovar with Chris Lefkow in Washington Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Disgraced American football legend O.J. Simpson, whose 1995 acquittal for double murder polarized the nation, was granted his release from prison Thursday after serving nearly nine years behind bars for armed robbery. A four-member parole board in the western United States state of Nevada voted unanimously to free the 70-year-old Simpson after a tense public hearing broadcast live […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has granted absolute pardon to controversial actor Robin Padilla upon the recommendation of the Board of Parole under the Department of Justice. In a dinner with the reporters yesterday at the Malacanang palace, President Duterte confirmed this, saying that with his absolute pardon, Padilla’s political and civil rights will be fully restored. “I just granted pardon in favor of Robin Padilla kasi yung original pardon niya hindi sinabi yung full restoration ng […]
Indonesia released on parole convicted Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby on Monday (February 10) from a prison on the resort island of Bali despite calls from some legislators for the high-profile prisoner to serve out her full term. Corby, 36, was among nearly 1,300 convicts approved for parole, the Justice Ministry said in a statement, because she “fulfilled substantive and administrative requirements as laid out by the law”. Corby was sentenced to 20 years in […]
