Death Penalty Abolished in the PhilippinesJayne Lyn Stahl
Once repatriated, Mahendra said, if the Philippines want to pardon Veloso or grant clemency, “that is entirely their authority in which we must also respect,” the minister added. The Philippines, Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation, has abolished the death penalty. Veloso descri...
Death Penalty implementation ofDeathPenaltybring life‚ justice and end heinous crimes in the Philippines? I don’t think so. But the new Vice President of the Philippines Jejomar Binay thinks it so as he utter his desire to bring backdeathpenaltyin the Philippine in his outburst emotional re...
Discusses the stay of execution given to Leo Echegaray, a Filipino convicted of raping his own daughter, Baby. March initiated by First Lady Luisa Ejercito and Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo; Campaign by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines to repeal the 1993 law; Views of ...
"The death penalty hasn't been shown to be an effective deterrent against crimeand we believe that it's the ultimate in cruel, inhuman and degradingpunishment," Mr Beswick told Radio Australia's Connect Asia. After carrying out no death penalties last year, Japanese authorities haveexecuted 7 ...
The Philippines' new president-elect is upholding his campaign vow to bring back the death penalty to the Southeast Asian nation -- much to the Catholic Church's chagrin. Rodrigo Duterte, who ruffled feathers on the campaign trail with his fiery speeches, said Monday he would ask Congress to...
whereas the death penalty exists in 38 states of the United States and at federal level, tā kā nāves sods ir spēkā 38 Amerikas Savienoto Valstu štatos un federālā līmenī; not-set Supports the legislative initiative of the Philippines Congress for the abolition of the death pena...
Senior counsel Raju Ramachandran and Gaurav Agarwal, who assisted Kasab in hisappeal against death penalty before the court, had said that they were notinclined to accept the Rs.14.5 lakh fee for their services. They suggested that the sum could be given to the National Legal ServicesAuthority...
This makes Japan a uniquely important case study for research on practices surrounding executions. Understanding why this contradiction exists will entail a more nuanced understanding of the ways in which the death penalty, executions, and the practices surrounding them, can function in retentionist ...
{} The death penalty: strongly against, but not alwaysCesare Beccaria, the author of 'On Crimes and Punishments' (Dei lelitti e delle pene), is magnificent, astonishing. His work has had an incalculable effect, wholly for the good. At a time when the criminal justice systems in most ...