Tag: death penalty

Pope Francis said that “the death penalty is morally inadmissible as it destroys the most important gift we have received: life.”

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

Singapore has faced mounting calls to abolish the death penalty, but continues to insist that it has helped keep the city-state safe

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

He lamented that many people still look at death penalty as a “just way” of meting out judgment to those who committed crimes

“[We] challenge the new administration … to act accordingly on the deposition of Mary Jane Veloso,” read a Migrante statement

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

Nearly 500 people are on death row in India, and capital sentences for murder and terrorism convictions are common, but executions are rare

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

At least 579 executions were carried out across 18 countries in 2021 -- a 20 percent increase on 2020