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Tolentino wants white-collar crimes punished by death

August 14, 2019 admin Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, Francis Tolentino, Franklin Drilon, Latest News Stories, Nation, news, Philhealth, Philippine news update, scams, Senate, white collar crimes

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 12:08:11 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — White-collar crimes that “leads to massive deception” should also be punishable by death, neophyte Senator Francis Tolentino said on Wednesday. During the Senate session hours after the Blue Ribbon Committee conducted a hearing into the alleged corruption and anomalies within the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), Tolentino called for the expansion of […]

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The death penalty debate: Comedic episode, studies show risks

July 26, 2019 admin agbayani, Arroyo, Capital Punishment, Convicts, death chamber, Death Penalty, Death Row, duterte, echegarray, Estrada, Latest News Stories, Laws, Nation, rape, Revised Penal Code

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 13:54:41 +0000

It was a comedy of errors seemingly inappropriate for a somber occasion on June 25, 1999 at the National Penitentiary—convicted child rapist Eduardo Agbayani was about to be executed by lethal injection.

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Cruel punishments are rights offenses, CHR tells gov’t

July 24, 2019 admin Capital Punishment, CHR, Commission on Human Rights, cruel punishment, Death Penalty, jacquline ann de guia, Latest News Stories, Nation

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 12:08:40 +0000

With the current clamor from some quarters for the reinstatement of the death penalty, the Commission on Human Rights reminded the government that “cruel, inhuman, and degrading” punishments are considered as serious human rights offenses.

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Sotto: Death penalty has ‘good chance’ of passing Senate

July 23, 2019 admin Bato dela Rosa, Capital Punishment, Christopher Go, Death Penalty, drug-related cases, Headlines, Heinous crimes, Latest News Stories, Manny Pacquiao, Nation, Panfilo Lacson, Plunder, Ronald dela Rosa, Vicente Sotto III

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 23:26:18 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte’s push for the reimposition of the death penalty “stands a good chance” in the Senate if it would only cover big-time narcotics trading, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Tuesday.

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Eleazar: Death penalty a ‘big deterrent’ vs drug suspects

May 28, 2019 admin Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, Guillermo Eleazar, Latest News Stories, Nation, NCRPO

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 15:19:03 +0000

The death penalty would be a big deterrent against drug suspects, but it should have some safeguards, Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), said on Tuesday.

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California suspends death penalty

March 13, 2019 admin California, Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, gavin newsom, Latest News Stories, news, World

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 23:03:58 +0000

Governor Gavin Newsom imposed a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty in California, granting a reprieve to 737 condemned inmates.

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The Sri Lankan Government is Advertising Job Positions for Hangmen

February 14, 2019 admin Asia, Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, Drugs, Execution, Hanging, hangman, Sri Lanka, The VICE Guide to Right Now, trafficking

Credit to Author: Gavin Butler| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 16:22:51 +0000

The President seeks executioners with “excellent moral character” as the country prepares to reintroduce the death penalty.

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Malaysia to abolish death penalty

October 11, 2018 admin Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, international news, Latest News Stories, Malaysia, World

Malaysia’s cabinet has agreed to abolish the death penalty, a senior minister said Thursday, with more than 1,200 people on death row set to win a reprieve following a groundswell of opposition to capital punishment.

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US halts injection execution of inmate who wants electric chair

October 11, 2018 admin Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, electric chair, Execution, Latest News Stories, lethal injection, news, US, World

A Tennessee man sentenced to death for a double murder won a last-minute appeal Wednesday to stop his execution by lethal injection, after insisting the state should use the electric chair.

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