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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 »

Virus-hit Indonesia orders executions online

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 03:06 PM

JAKARTA - Indonesia has sentenced scores of prisoners to death over Zoom and other video apps during the pandemic in what critics say is an "inhumane" insult to those facing the firing squad. Read more »

6 get death for masterminding riot at Indonesian detention center

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 22 01:55 PM

An Indonesian court has sentenced 6 people to death for masterminding a riot inside a detention center at the headquarters of an elite Indonesian police unit near Jakarta in 2018, killing 5 police officers. 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 »

Death penalty 'di solusyon sa krimen— human rights lawyer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 05:50 PM

MAYNILA - Hindi naniniwala ang isang human rights lawyer na magiging kasagutan sa mga krimeng tulad ng rape at pagpatay ang muling pagbalik ng parusang kamatayan sa bansa.   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 »

Pacquiao offers P500k for info on suspects in alleged Dacera rape-slay

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 03:23 AM

Pacquiao said Dacera's case was another example of why the death penalty should be revived in the Philippines. 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 »

Reviving death penalty 'ignorance of law,' says ex-CHR chair

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 24 09:32 AM

Renewing calls for death penalty is "ignorance of the law," a former Commission on Human Rights chairperson said Thursday after at least 2 lawmakers sought to revive the capital punishment. 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 »

Dela Rosa suggests death penalty for murder committed by cops

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 23 12:27 PM

After an off-duty policeman killed 2 unarmed civilians in Tarlac, Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa on Wednesday suggested including murder committed by police officers among crimes punishable by death penalty. 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 »

Death penalty sought for Japanese man over 2017 serial murder

Kyodo News
Posted at Nov 26 01:56 PM

Japanese prosecutors on Thursday demanded capital punishment for the man dubbed the "Twitter killer" indicted over the 2017 serial murder of 9 people who had expressed suicidal thoughts on social media. 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 »

FACTBOX: From Bangladesh to Iran, countries where rape carries the death penalty

Naimul Karim, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 13 11:13 PM

DHAKA - Bangladesh approved the death penalty for rape on Tuesday following nationwide protests over an alleged gang rape and an online video showing a group of men sexually assaulting a woman.   Read more »

Bangladesh to allow death penalty for rape convictions

Megan Specia, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 13 12:16 AM

The government of Bangladesh has approved measures to allow for the death penalty for rape, after several high-profile sexual assault cases set off widespread protests in recent weeks.  Read more »

Bangladesh to mull death penalty in rape law review after protests

Naimul Karim, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 09 10:43 PM

Bangladesh's government will consider introducing the death penalty for rape, a government minister said on Friday, following angry protests this week over an online video showing a group of men sexually assaulting a woman. Read more »

Teacher in China sentenced to death for poisoning 25 students

Austin Ramzy, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 30 02:18 PM

HONG KONG — A court in central China has sentenced a kindergarten teacher to death for poisoning two dozen pupils and killing one after a dispute with a colleague.   Read more »