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US death row inmate challenges January execution

Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters
Posted at Aug 16 05:06 AM

WASHINGTON - Lawyers for one of five federal prisoners scheduled by President Donald Trump's administration for execution have launched a two-pronged legal effort to prevent the government from carrying out the lethal injection slated for January. 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 »

Leave Jesus Christ out of it: Pacquiao agrees with Sotto on death penalty debate

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 04:35 AM

MANILA—Sen. Manny Pacquiao said Wednesday he agrees with Senate President Vicente Sotto III on leaving Jesus Christ out of the debates on the reimposition of death penalty in the country. Read more »

Senators debate death penalty revival

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 07:30 PM

MANILA - Senators on Tuesday began debates on proposals to revive the death penalty in the Philippines, with minority Sen. Franklin Drilon making good on his promise to fight “tooth and nail” its reimposition. Read more »

Singapore says drug smuggling worsens, even as hangings rise

Fathin Ungku and Anshuman Daga, Reuters
Posted at Aug 01 02:58 PM

SINGAPORE - Drug trafficking into Singapore, which has some of the world's toughest drugs laws, has risen recently, the law minister said on Wednesday, and he defended capital punishment for serious drug crime as reflecting public support. 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 »

Facts First: Resurrecting the death penalty

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 11:03 AM

President Duterte makes another pitch to Congress to revive death penalty in the Philippines, which does not sit well with critics and human rights advocates. Read more »

Accused 9/11 mastermind open to role in victims' lawsuit if not executed

Jonathan Stempel, Reuters
Posted at Jul 30 07:41 AM

NEW YORK - The accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has indicated a willingness to be deposed by victims who are suing Saudi Arabia for damages, if the United States decides not to seek the death penalty against him. 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 warned vs ‘political cost’ of reviving death penalty

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 26 01:45 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s renewed push to restore capital punishment may come at a huge political cost compromising his government’s ability to appeal for Filipino workers on death row abroad, an international human rights group warned Friday. 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 »

Pinay arrested for drug trafficking in Malaysia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 25 12:31 PM

A Filipina faces possible death penalty in Malaysia for allegedly trafficking some 5.9 kilos of shabu, local media reported Wednesday. Read more »

Lacson wants death penalty for cops who plant drug evidence

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 25 11:59 AM

Law enforcers guilty of planting narcotics on suspects should face death penalty if it is reinstated with the backing of President Rodrigo Duterte, said Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Thursday.    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 »

PNP chief prefers death penalty by lethal injection

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 25 11:05 AM

MANILA - The chief of the Philippine National Police prefers lethal injection as a civilized way to carry out capital punishment. Read more »

Legal penalties dent Facebook profit; revenue, user base grows

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 25 08:00 AM

Facebook on Wednesday reported that its profit in the recently ended quarter plummeted due to costs of a US privacy settlement in a quarterly update that was largely better than expected. Read more »

Pacquiao: Bitay para sa mga big-time trafficker, OK sa ilang senador

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 08:50 PM

Ayon kay Manny Pacquiao, nakasentro lang ang suporta sa death penalty para sa big-time traffickers. Read more »

Minority lawmakers slam bid to bring back death by hanging

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 03:49 PM

Minority lawmakers on Wednesday slammed Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo's remark that death row convicts should be executed through hanging, should Congress heed the executive's call to revive capital punishment. Read more »