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Topic: capital-punishment

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

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

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

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

‘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

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

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

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

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

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

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 »

Pangilinan asks Dela Rosa: Why revive death penalty if 'Oplan Tokhang' succeeded?

Pangilinan asks Dela Rosa: Why revive death penalty if 'Oplan Tokhang' succeeded?

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 29 09:38 PM

Sen. Francis Pangilinan on Wednesday questioned the need to reimpose the death penalty for those convicted of drug-related crimes after the government claimed that its house-to-house search for drug suspects and users was a success. Read more »

Pacquiao: Gov’t ‘biblically’ allowed to impose death penalty on heinous crimes

Pacquiao: Gov’t ‘biblically’ allowed to impose death penalty on heinous crimes

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 08:47 PM

Pacquiao, a devout Christian, has repeatedly pushed for the reimposition of capital punishment since 2016, saying even Jesus Christ was sentenced to death. Read more »

Senate can 'multi-task' to pass death penalty despite COVID-19 crisis- Dela Rosa

Senate can 'multi-task' to pass death penalty despite COVID-19 crisis- Dela Rosa

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 06:42 PM

Sen. Ronald dela Rosa on Wednesday said the Senate can "multi-task" to ensure that a bill reviving death penalty in the Philippines can be passed while the country continues to grapple with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. Read more »

Sotto hits PNP chief's claim 50 grams of drugs ‘enough’ to merit death penalty

Sotto hits PNP chief's claim 50 grams of drugs ‘enough’ to merit death penalty

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 29 06:37 PM

Senate President Tito Sotto on Wednesday refuted the Philippine National Police chief's claim that individuals who would be caught with at least 50 grams of illegal drugs can be sentenced to death should capital punishment be revived in the Philippines.   Read more »

Death penalty, gustong ibalik ni Pangulong Duterte

Death penalty, gustong ibalik ni Pangulong Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 07:58 PM

Gusto ng Pangulo na maibalik ang parusang kamatayan para sa mga kasong may kinalaman sa droga.  Read more »

Sotto says 'better chances' for death penalty revival after Duterte's 5th SONA

Sotto says 'better chances' for death penalty revival after Duterte's 5th SONA

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 28 11:27 PM

MANILA (UPDATE)- Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday said the passage of a law that would revive capital punishment in the Philippines has "better chances" after President Rodrigo Duterte pushed for the policy in his 5th State of the Nation Address (SONA). Read more »

Man sentenced to death in Singapore via Zoom call

Man sentenced to death in Singapore via Zoom call

Reuters
Posted at May 20 01:51 PM

A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video-call for his role in a drug deal, the city-state's first case where capital punishment has been delivered remotely. Read more »

India hangs 4 over 2012 Delhi bus gang-rape

India hangs 4 over 2012 Delhi bus gang-rape

Jalees Andrabi and Abhaya Srivastava, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 20 08:35 PM

India executed 4 men on Friday for the gang-rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in 2012 that sparked huge nationwide protests and international revulsion. Read more »

US executes man convicted of killing 5 family members in 2002

US executes man convicted of killing 5 family members in 2002

Brendan O'Brien, Reuters
Posted at Feb 07 11:23 AM

Texas on Thursday executed a man who was convicted for shooting and killing his 29-year-old wife and his 2 daughters, as well as his father-in-law and sister-in-law shortly after smoking crack in 2002. Read more »

Man convicted of killing ex-wife, boyfriend executed in US

Man convicted of killing ex-wife, boyfriend executed in US

Brendan O'Brien, Reuters
Posted at Jan 30 11:57 AM

A man convicted more than 2 decades ago of shooting and killing his ex-wife's boyfriend and then bludgeoning her to death with the shotgun he used was executed by lethal injection in Georgia on Wednesday. Read more »

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