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Pope again raises voice against death penalty

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 11 05:55 AM

Among the latest countries to end capital punishment are Equatorial Guinea, Malawi, Kazakhstan and Sierra Leone. Read more »

ASEAN warns Myanmar against more executions

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 03 11:46 PM

Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are discussing how to address the growing crisis in Myanmar at talks in Phnom Penh. Read more »

Alabama executes man despite objections of victim's family

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 29 02:33 PM

A man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend was executed in the US state of Alabama on Thursday despite objections from the victim's family. Read more »

UN Security Council condemns Myanmar executions

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 02:15 PM

The Security Council condemned the executions and called for the immediate release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Read more »

Myanmar junta executes 2 pro-democracy rivals

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 25 04:09 PM

Myanmar's junta has executed a former lawmaker from Suu Kyi's party and a prominent activist, in its first use of capital punishment in decades. Read more »

Malaysia says intends to axe mandatory death penalty

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 10 03:56 PM

Malaysia's government has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty, with campaigners welcoming the move. Read more »

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 »