Tag: capital punishment
Bishop seeks dialogue with Philippine legislators on criminal justice system
Bishop Joel Baylon of Legazpi is seeking a dialogue with legislators to explore ways to improve the country's criminal justice system.
Capital punishment is not a crime deterrent
The Catholic Church has been right all along and consistent in its stand: the death penalty is not a deterrent to crime at all.
Philippine Protestant council hits proposal to revive death penalty
The NCCP said the people “have been crying for life amid the pandemic …, death penalty is definitely not the answer to this plea.”
Philippine Catholic bishops reject new proposal to revive capital punishment
The Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care rejected the proposal of President Duterte to revive the death penalty in the country
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