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Death penalty debate should be revived after Maguindanao massacre verdict: Marcos

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 04:03 PM

Discussions about the reimposition of the death penalty for heinous should be revived, a lawmaker said Friday, a day after 5 of 7 members of a political clan was convicted for the brutal killing of 58 people in Maguindanao in 2009. Read more »

Death penalty usage declined in US in 2019: group

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 18 03:51 AM

This year's 22 executions were the second-lowest since 1991, while California halted executions and New Hampshire abolished the punishment completely. Read more »

Pakistan court sentences former military ruler Musharraf to death for treason

Asif Shahzad, Reuters
Posted at Dec 17 05:22 PM

Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup and later ruled as president, is not in Pakistan and was not available for comment on the sentence, handed down by an anti-terrorism court hearing the high treason case. Read more »

Boston Marathon bomber seeks to avoid death penalty

Tim McLaughlin, Reuters
Posted at Dec 12 08:55 PM

Tsarnaev, now 26, was sentenced to death in 2015 after a jury found him guilty of killing three people in the April 15, 2013 bombing - Martin Richard, 8; Chinese exchange student Lingzi Lu, 26, and restaurant manager Krystle Campbell - and murdering Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier, 26, three days later as the brothers attempted to flee. Read more »

Iran sentences man to death for spying for the CIA

Reuters
Posted at Oct 01 05:37 PM

Iranian courts have sentenced one person to death for spying for the CIA and jailed two others for 10 years for the same crime, as well as imprisoning a fourth person for 10 years for spying for Britain, the judiciary said on Tuesday. Read more »

Angara supports death penalty for heinous crimes

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 05 11:34 AM

Sen. Sonny Angara on Thursday said he would support restoring death penalty for heinous crimes. Read more »

China executes ride-hailing driver who killed passenger

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 31 05:20 AM

BEIJING, China—China on Friday executed a man convicted of raping and killing a female passenger last year while he was working as a driver for ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing, China's omnipresent answer to Uber. Read more »

Of Presidents and the Penalty of Death

Joel F. Ariate Jr, VERA Files
Updated as of Aug 15 10:23 AM

President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos (December 30, 1965-February 25, 1986) had 32 convicts executed. Sixteen of them were executed after martial law was declared. Read more »

Of Presidents and the Penalty of Death

Joel F. Ariate Jr., VERA Files
Updated as of Aug 12 09:24 AM

A few minutes into his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) last July 22, 2019, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte asked Congress “to reinstate the death penalty for heinous crimes related to drugs, as well as plunder.” It was the second SONA in which Duterte asked Congress to reimpose capital punishment. Read more »

Grace Poe against death penalty without judiciary reforms

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 31 05:00 PM

MANILA - Sen. Grace Poe on Monday said Wednesday she is not keen on supporting the revival of death penalty unless the country’s justice system is fixed. Read more »

Cayetano vows a 'very healthy' debate on death penalty bill

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 02:03 PM

Cayetano assured the public that discussions on capital punishment only aims to deter crime. Read more »

Duterte favors death penalty by hanging

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 02:21 AM

ILOCOS SUR—President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday he prefers to retain the threshold for plunder at P50 million amid suggestions to lower it. Read more »

Revilla 'not affected' by death penalty proposal for plunder cases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 25 07:46 PM

MANILA - Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. on Thursday said he was "not affected" by calls to revive death penalty for plunder cases. Read more »

Imee Marcos changes mind, now backs death penalty for some crimes

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 25 04:15 PM

MANILA - Sen. Imee Marcos on Thursday said she now supports a “limited” imposition of death penalty, changing her position when she was still a member of the House of Representatives. Read more »

Bong Revilla 'personally' supports death penalty for plunder, drug trafficking cases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 08:29 PM

MANILA - Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla on Tuesday said he "personally supports" President Rodrigo Duterte's call to reinstate capital punishment for high-level illegal drug trafficking and plunder. Read more »

Criminals to 'think twice' if death penalty is restored: justice chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 11:05 AM

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday said death penalty "may somehow deter" serious crimes after President Rodrigo Duterte moved to reinstate the capital punishment. Read more »

Poe: Duterte push for death penalty may pass in Senate

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 23 01:33 AM

MANILA—Several lawmakers on Monday were at odds over President Rodrigo Duterte's fresh call to reinstate death penalty in the country. Read more »

Senators split on Duterte’s death penalty push

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 10:04 PM

MANILA - Senators are divided on President Rodrigo Duterte’s renewed push for death penalty for heinous crimes, citing different reservations on the reimposition of capital punishment. Read more »

With supermajority in Congress, Duterte renews pitch to revive death penalty

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 23 12:27 AM

MANILA- With his allies dominating Congress, President Rodrigo Duterte renewed his pitch for the revival of death penalty. Read more »

How we kill: Notes on the death penalty in the Philippines (Part 2)

Joel F. Ariate Jr, VERA Files
Posted at Jul 14 02:23 PM

The history of the death penalty in the Philippines in the 20th century is the history of the state’s pursuit to clinically execute convicts. Read more »