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Singapore executes mentally disabled Malaysian man: sister

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 27 10:40 AM

A mentally disabled Malaysian man was executed in Singapore on Wednesday, his sister said. Read more »

Oldest Texas death row inmate executed

François Picard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 22 03:36 PM

Texas executed its oldest death row inmate, a 78-year-old man convicted of killing a policeman more than 30 years ago during a routine traffic stop. Read more »

Indonesian teacher sentenced to death for raping 12 students

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 05 04:33 PM

An Indonesian court has sentenced an Islamic boarding school principal to death for raping 12 female students for 5 years and impregnating 8 of them. Read more »

Presidential bets push for reform over death penalty

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 08:31 AM

Four presidential candidates said in a CBCP forum on Friday that reforming the justice system is more important than bringing back the death penalty. Read more »

Japan executes 3 men on death row, first since 2019

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 21 03:27 PM

Three death-row inmates were hanged Tuesday, in Japan's first executions since December 2019 and first under the Kishida administration. Read more »

Japan death row inmates sue for being notified only hours before penalty

Reuters
Posted at Nov 05 01:28 PM

Two death row inmates in Japan are suing the country over how prisoners are notified only hours before the death penalty is carried out, demanding change and seeking compensation for the impact of the 'inhumane' practice, local media reported. Read more »

Convicted murderer put to death in Oklahoma

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 29 07:13 AM

John Grant was the first inmate to be put to death in Oklahoma since a series of botched executions led to a moratorium on capital punishment. Read more »

US issues moratorium on federal executions

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 02 04:13 PM

US Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday issued a moratorium on federal executions while a review of policy and procedures is pending to address "serious concerns" about the practice. Read more »

Electric chair or firing squad? Death row inmates in US state get to choose under new law

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 18 08:55 AM

WASHINGTON - The US state of South Carolina has introduced a law requiring death row prisoners to choose between firing squad and electric chair after a lack of lethal injection drugs halted executions for a decade. Read more »

More people sentenced to death by court-martial in Myanmar

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 14 04:15 PM

Myanmar's state-run television reported Tuesday night that 7 people had been sentenced to death by court-martial for their roles in the killing of a woman who purportedly cooperated with the military. Read more »

US executes man with COVID-19, 12th under Trump administration

Jonathan Allen, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 15 02:13 PM

The US government on Thursday executed Corey Johnson, a convicted murderer, marking 1 of the final 2 federal executions planned under President Donald Trump's administration, after the Supreme Court rejected a plea to allow him to recover from COVID-19. Read more »

CHR rejects death penalty push amid flight attendant's controversial death

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 02:57 AM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) insisted Wednesday that capital punishment "would not genuinely address" rape and other cases of sexual violence, amid calls for its reimposition after the controversial death of flight attendant Christine Dacera.  Read more »

Dela Rosa confident death-penalty advocates in Senate have numbers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 07:21 AM

Dela Rosa said 7 of 24 senators have authored 11 versions of the death penalty bill. Read more »

‘Betrayal of duty’: DILG chief bats for death penalty for cops involved in heinous crimes

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 23 06:58 PM

Members of the police force involved in heinous crimes betray their sworn duty to protect the people, according to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año.    Read more »

Death penalty may be 'fastest' way to serve justice for heinous crime victims: Pacquiao

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 23 12:26 AM

Sen. Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday renewed his push to reinstate death penalty in the Philippines, saying it may be the "fastest" and "most effective" way of delivering justice for heinous crime victims in the country. Read more »

Dela Rosa: Death penalty could have deterred cop's brutal killing of 2 neighbors in Tarlac

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 22 04:22 PM

Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa on Tuesday revived his push to reinstate death penalty in the Philippines after a policeman brutally shot to death an unarmed mother and son in Tarlac. Read more »

Rape is 'monstrous', but death penalty not the answer, says UN rights chief

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 15 08:42 PM

Sentencing rapists to death, as Bangladesh did Thursday, is not an appropriate punishment even for such a heinous crime, the UN rights chief said.    Read more »

Lower House resumes deliberations on revival of death penalty

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 10:28 PM

The Philippine House of Representatives resumed discussions on the revival of capital punishment. Read more »

Lagman: Reviving death penalty will affect PH negotiations for OFWs on death row

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 01 02:48 AM

If the Philippines revives the death penalty, the country will lose its "moral ascendancy" in negotiations involving Filipinos facing capital punishment overseas. Read more »

Families of drug war victims call on gov't not to reimpose death penalty in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 12:36 AM

Human rights groups and families of drug war victims appeal to the government not to revive death penalty in the Philippines. Read more »