Tag: capital punishment

This sustained imposition of the death penalty places Indonesia among a small group of countries still issuing capital punishment

A total of 883 people were known to have been executed in 20 countries, marking a 53% increase from the previous year

Singapore has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws and insists the death penalty remains an effective deterrent against trafficking

We are persons of peace and at all times we can and should seek peace. (Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, 4 , 5.)  

The World Congress is a source of hope against the backdrop of an impending return of the death penalty to the Philippines

“As the struggle against death penalty will go on, let us remain vigilant and stand up for what is right,” he said

A judge can commute the sentence to life in prison if the offender acted only as a courier and cooperated with authorities

Bishop Baylon said the “inalienable dignity of the human person… must never be taken for granted and must not be removed"

Further study would be conducted on what sentences could be substituted for the death penalty

He hopes his love and involvement in jazz will help him escape execution for a murderous crime he insists he did not commit