Rappler's latest stories on death penalty in the Philippines
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'
LIVE: House hearing on the death penalty bill
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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.
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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Death penalty will be 'big help' to anti-drug campaign – DILG Chief
'Kulang pa,' says Eduardo Año on current punishments for drug pushers and drug lords
[OPINION] Pacquiao’s Christianity and death penalty
Pacquiao’s defense of the death penalty necessarily makes a distinction between redeemable sinners and hopeless human beings. People of faith must push back.
Despite Duterte push, no revival of death penalty in Senate – Lacson
I don t see the death penalty being revived under his watch or at least with the present composition of the Senate says pro death penalty Senator Panfilo Lacson
'Running priest' Robert Reyes: PH at a crossroads under Duterte
Fr Robert Reyes leads 15 pilgrims in Lakbay Buhay Walk for Life and calls on Filipinos to take a stand against the death penalty
Countries urge PH not to revive death penalty
In Geneva UN member states remind a Philippine delegation that reviving the death penalty is against international laws which the country had signed
Celia Veloso clarifies: 'I do not support death penalty'
The mother of death row convict Mary Jane Veloso says what she supports is President Duterte s war on drugs which should target the syndicates
Jesus didn't advocate legal killing, CBCP reminds faithful
To the people who use the Bible to defend death penalty need we point out how many other crimes against humanity have been justified using the same Bible? the CBCP says
LIVE: Final reading of death penalty bill at the House of Representatives
On Tuesday March 7 the representatives present at the plenary session will be given 8 minutes each to explain their votes on HB 4727 Follow live updates here
#NoToDeathPenalty trends as House approves bill on 2nd reading
UPDATED Advocates against capital punishment post messages that indicate where they reside urging their representatives to vote against the bill
LIVE: House votes on death penalty bill on 2nd reading
The House justice panel approved the measure seeking to reinstate the death penalty for heinous crimes in the Philippines Will it pass both houses?
LIVE: House debate on the death penalty bill
The House justice panel approved the measure seeking to reinstate the death penalty for heinous crimes in the Philippines Will it pass both houses?
Why the death penalty is unnecessary, anti-poor, error-prone
Crime is a more complex and nuanced issue than many of our politicians will care to admit
Fariñas warns: Don't use quorum to delay death penalty debate
House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas makes the warning on the day House justice panel chairperson Reynaldo Umali is expected to sponsor the controversial measure
Pacquiao defends death penalty: Even Jesus was sentenced to death
God allows governments to use capital punishment Even Jesus Christ was sentenced to death because the government imposed the rule then says Senator Manny Pacquiao
UN on death penalty: PH will break int'l law
The UN human rights chief makes an appeal to uphold the international human rights obligations of the Philippines against the death penalty
Hontiveros: Death penalty in our 'Kill Bill' list
Two other lawmakers also condemn the proposal to revive the death penalty as well as plans to lower the age of criminal liability in the Philippines
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House death penalty bill: How they voted
UPDATED The House justice committee votes in favor of reimposing the death penalty for heinous crimes in the Philippines Who voted for and against the measure?
