Tag: death penalty
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 clergy alarmed over growing support for death penalty
The priests condemned the "lack of independence" of some legislators who "immediately bow to the wishes" of President Rodrigo Duterte
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
What history tells us about capital punishment
Capital punishment is obviously a brutal relic of colonial cruelty. But as history has shown, it was never a deterrent.
Faith-based groups call for respect for life, marks anniversary of death...
On June 24, 2006, former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed a law scrapping the death penalty ahead of her trip to the Vatican
Singapore’s death row sister
For four decades, Sister Fernandez has taken the last walk with 18 Singaporean men sentenced to death by hanging
Death keeps its sting in the court of Malaysian public opinion
Govt faces a struggle to repeal capital punishment, despite its increasing unpopularity for some crimes
Bangladesh sentences seven to death for 2016 cafe attack
Convicted men belong to a group that seeks to establish sharia rule in the predominantly Muslim country
Bangladesh sentences 16 to death for killing teenager in harassment case
The principal of a religious school in Bangladesh was among 16 people sentenced to death for the murder of a teenage girl who refused...
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