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Saudi Arabia eliminates death penalty for minors
'Instead, the individual will receive a prison sentence of no longer than 10 years in a juvenile detention facility,' the statement says
Texas execution stayed due to coronavirus
Like every execution, Hummel's would involve many people – prison guards, lawyers, witnesses, his family, and that of the victims – to be present
U.S. man executed for triple police murder
Celebrity Kim Kardashian, a regular campaigner against the death penalty, tweets that Woods was 'scheduled to be executed in Alabama TONIGHT for murders he did NOT commit'
[OPINION] Divorce, death penalty, and the dangers of religious fundamentalism
Violence exists in households around the country. The death penalty is ineffective in deterring crime.
CHR: Reviving death penalty will lead to cycle of violence in PH
On the World Day Against the Death Penalty, CHR Commissioner Karen Gomez Dumpit notes the suffering of 'unseen victims' of capital punishment, including the children of people sentenced to death
Death penalty for retribution? 'Not all victims want revenge' – CHR
CHR Commissioner Karen Gomez Dumpit says reviving the death penalty will not deter criminals, and revenge as motivation would only 'perpetuate a culture of violence'
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Pacquiao: Trust Supreme Court justices in deciding death penalty cases
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon says: 'In this imperfect world, death can be imposed. And this imposition of death penalty is irrevocable because you can't bring back the life.'
[OPINION | Dash of SAS] Applause for death, drugs, sex jokes – that is the State of the Nation
The ramifications of these will outlast the next 3 years. Our institutions are compromised and, along with it, our values as a people.
[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Ang pulitika ng death penalty sa ilalim ni Duterte
This is true immortality – the antidote against all the gossip that it will all end soon
‘No rectification of error’ if death penalty returns – Aquino
Ex-president Noynoy Aquino says the country's 'imperfect' justice system should be fixed first before Congress starts the process of reviving the death penalty
House Minority Leader Abante backs return of death penalty
Manila 6th District Representative Benny Abante says he wants capital punishment only for certain heinous crimes, including plunder and rape
Pacquiao wants death penalty by firing squad for drug traffickers
Meanwhile, evangelical Senator Manny Pacquiao supports inclusion of plunder for crimes punishable under the proposed death penalty bill
Guevarra backs death penalty: It may 'somehow deter crimes'
'Ordinary human behavior indicates that the fear of being put to death...will naturally prompt a criminally minded person to think twice,' says Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra
Sotto expects 'heavy debate' over death penalty for plunder convicts
Four senators have filed bills seeking to reinstate the death penalty for heinous crimes related to drugs, but only one – Bong Go – wants the plunder covered
Duterte pushes for return of death penalty for drug crimes, plunder
For the second time, President Rodrigo Duterte uses his State of the Nation Address to ask Congress to bring back the death penalty
Sotto: 'Very divisive' death penalty bill priority in Senate debates
The Senate will also prioritize the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act which amends the Human Security Act of 2007, says Senate President Vicente Sotto III
Iran executes nurse convicted of murdering boy
Authorities say the nurse confessed to the murder and says she did it out of anger
Instead of death penalty, De Lima pushes 50 years in jail without parole
'To impose death penalty at a time when the Philippine justice system is still plagued by perceived corruption and inefficiency will open our country to irrerversible errors and the possibility of executing innocent citizens,' Senator Leila de Lima says in pushing for the qualified reclusion perpetua bill
Bato: Death penalty bill for drug trafficking 'not anti-poor'
'Deterrence talaga 'yan. Sampolan natin. Firing squad natin sa Luneta. Tignan natin kung maghakot sila ng shabu dito satin,' says Senator Ronald dela Rosa on his version of death penalty bill
Sotto doubts senators will support death penalty for plunder
Senate President Vicente Sotto III says the bill seeking to reimpose the death penalty for drug trafficking stands a better chance in the Senate
Pacquiao, Bong Go file bills on death penalty for illegal drugs cases
(UPDATED) Senator Christopher 'Bong' Go says he included plunder in his version of the death penalty bill because President Rodrigo Duterte is 'desperate' to end corruption
Davao boys to push for death penalty in Senate
'Marami tayong kakampi diyan. Ngayon, tulungan na kami,' says incoming Senator Ronald dela Rosa on the prospects of passing a law reimposing death penalty
FALSE: British accountant 'faces the death penalty' in the Philippines
The death penalty in the Philippines was abolished in 2006. The bill seeking to reimpose the death penalty is still pending in the Senate.
Death penalty for high-level drug traffickers 'possible' under new Senate
'It's a possibility now because nadagdag nga 'yung pro-death penalty [senators],' says Senate President Vicente Sotto III
Brunei denies gay discrimination despite sodomy stoning law
While the country's sultan announced this week that such measures would not be enforced, the country remains on the defensive at a rare review of its record at the United Nations Human Rights Council
FALSE: Philippines is 'the only country in Asia' without death penalty
The Philippines is one of 14 countries in Asia that have abolished the death penalty
Duterte Youth wants death penalty for heinous crimes
Duterte Youth, one of the party-list groups in the 2019 polls, claims the death penalty would deter crime, though there is no strong evidence to back this
Brunei won't enforce gay sex death penalty after backlash
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah says a moratorium on capital punishment that already applies to Brunei's regular criminal code would also extend to its new sharia code, which includes death by stoning for various crimes
[OPINION] In search for true justice: Death penalty is a false solution
The passion of Christ vivified nothing less than the destruction of the scales of justice if only to tilt in favor of the selfish desires of the wicked
Labor Senate bet wants death penalty for corrupt politicians, drug sellers
Labor lawyer Allan Montaño believes introducing death penalty on such grounds is 'not anti-poor'
Otso Diretso: Don't use Silawan rape-slay to push for death penalty
While justice must be served, opposition candidates say the case of 16-year-old Christine Lee Silawan should not be used to drum up support for the death penalty
In Cebu, Dela Rosa says Silawan murder proves death penalty needed
Though there is no proof that Christine Lee Silawan's murderer is a drug addict, Ronald Dela Rosa points to her death as a reason to impose death penalty against drug traffickers
FALSE: Photo of seminarians 'supporting' death penalty
The Immaculate Conception Major Seminary is in fact against death penalty
JV Ejercito wants death penalty for plunderers
Reelectionist Senator JV Ejercito, whose half-brother Jinggoy Estrada is himself a plunder defendant, says capital punishment would discourage government officials from committing plunder
3 Senate bets want death penalty for plunderers
Senatorial candidates Gerald Arcega, Jonathan Baldevarona, and Emily Mallillin believe life imprisonment is not enough for erring public officials
'No to death penalty, not even for terrorists' – Senate candidate Gutoc
Opposition senatorial bets reiterate their stance against the death penalty during the first edition of ABS-CBN's 'Harapan 2019' senatorial forum
Death penalty removed from bill amending Dangerous Drugs Act
The previous version of House Bill 8909 sought to impose the capital punishment for drug possession at parties
House withdraws approval of death penalty for drug possession
House Bill 8909, which imposes the death penalty and a P10-million fine on those found with illegal drugs at social gatherings, has been recommitted to the committee on dangerous drugs
OFW's execution in Saudi shows PH can't adopt death penalty – Locsin
Reimposing the death penalty will make the Philippines 'lose the argument of respecting our culture,' says Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr
Roque says no to death penalty in drug crimes
Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque contradicts the Duterte administration on death penalty for drug-related crimes
Japan hangs 2 for murder, bringing executions in 2018 to 15
Japan is one of the few developed nations to retain the death penalty, and public support for it remains high despite international criticism
Member of 'Texas Seven' executed 18 years after police murder
With the execution of Joseph Garcia, only two remain in death row of the group known in infamy as the 'Texas Seven' for killing a police officer during a 2000 crime spree
In TV forum, Senate bets vs death penalty outnumber supporters
Former police chief Ronald Dela Rosa, a senatorial aspirant, says he will also support a bill that imposes death penalty on corrupt officials
After shabu smuggling, Barbers asks Senate to pass death penalty bill
'Death is the only language these criminals and big-time syndicates understand,' says House committee on dangerous drugs chairperson Robert Ace Barbers
Singapore launches survey on death penalty
The Ministry of Home Affairs says the survey is part of the government's 'regular research on our criminal justice system' and involves citizens and permanent residents
Where do 2019 senatorial bets stand on key national issues?
When the senatorial campaigns kick off, check the candidates' claims against this list of issues that have so far made headlines in 2018
Malaysia to abolish death penalty – minister
The Malaysian government has decided to scrap capital punishment because there has been strong domestic opposition to the practice
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SWS: Less than 50% of Filipinos want death penalty for 7 drug-related crimes
'When you put the options, you don’t get a large number for death penalty on any crimes linked to illegal drugs, and that is, to me, the strongest finding,' SWS' Dr Mahar Mahangas says
