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Removal of 'excessive safeguard' to embolden authorities' hunt vs terrorists: Sotto

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 04:47 PM

Removing the hefty fine in 2007's anti-terrorism law, widely seen as crucial deterrent against abuse, will embolden authorities to go after terrorists, Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III said Wednesday. Read more »

Saudi Arabia eliminates death penalty for minors

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 27 07:28 AM

Saudi Arabia on Sunday ended the death penalty for crimes committed by minors after effectively abolishing floggings as the kingdom seeks to blunt criticism over its human rights record.  Read more »

PANOORIN: Mga sumuway sa curfew, quarantine sa Pampanga, pinag-exercise

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 26 11:30 PM

Ilang residente ng iba't ibang probinsya at siyudad ang nahuli na matapos sumuway sa home quarantine at curfew ng kanilang mga lugar. Read more »

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 »

Quadruple murderer scheduled for execution in US

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 21 01:53 AM

Lawyers for a quadruple murderer scheduled to be put to death Thursday asked the US Supreme Court for a stay of execution.   Read more »

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 »

Iran to execute man for spying for CIA

Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 10:28 PM

Last summer, Iran announced it had broken up a CIA spy ring of 17 individuals and that some had been sentenced to death. Read more »

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 »

Pakistan court annuls Musharaff's death sentence

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 13 10:02 PM

A Pakistan court on Monday annulled the death sentence handed to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, ruling a special court which found him guilty of treason last year was unconstitutional, a government prosecutor told AFP. Read more »

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 »

Pakistani court orders ex-leader Musharraf arrested, hanged

Kyodo News
Updated as of Dec 20 04:00 AM

A Pakistani court that sentenced former dictator Pervez Musharraf to death in absentia for subverting the Constitution directed law enforcement agencies on Thursday to apprehend him and enforce the punishment. Read more »

Death sentence upheld for Japanese man over murders in Manila

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 19 05:28 AM

A high court on Tuesday upheld a death sentence for a Japanese man convicted of murdering two compatriots in Manila in 2014 and 2015 for insurance payments. Read more »

5 foreigners accused of trafficking could face death in Indonesia: police

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 18 05:02 PM

BALI, Indonesia - Five accused drug smugglers from Hong Kong, Chile, Switzerland and Thailand who were caught in Bali could face the firing squad if convicted, police on the Indonesian holiday island said Wednesday.   Read more »

Grab faces fresh P16 million fine over pricing, driver cancellations

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 18 06:55 PM

The total fines include P14.15 million over "extraordinary deviation on its pricing commitment" and P2 million for exceeding driver cancellations at 7.76 percent instead of 5 percent, the Philippine Competition Commission said in a statement. 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 »

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 »

India rapist-murderer cites pollution in death row appeal

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 11 12:47 AM

One of four Indian men on death row over the infamous 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder appealed against his sentence on Tuesday citing pollution.   Read more »

US court blocks resumption of federal executions

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 03 07:31 AM

A US appeals court ruled on Monday that the government could not resume its use of capital punishment, in a setback for President Donald Trump's advocacy of the death penalty.   Read more »

Dela Rosa wants Senate to tackle death penalty in January

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 02 04:10 PM

Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa said Monday he would encourage his colleagues next week to discuss in January the bills seeking to revive the death penalty.    Read more »

Death penalty to instill fear among drug syndicates: Barbers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 01:32 PM

MANILA - A lawmaker on Thursday said the reimposition of death penalty will be a strong deterrent to the problem of drug smuggling in the country. Read more »