"Death Penalty" Blogs & Blog Posts

US NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO BAY  - The self-confessed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four co-accused were due to be arraigned Saturday at Guantanamo Bay, with all facing the death penalty if convicted. 9/11 mastermind, co-plotters to be arraign...

LONDON – The number of executions carried out around the world jumped last year, largely due to a surge in use of the death penalty in Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. Executions jump in 2011, driven by Middle...

The overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who was recently spared from the death penalty in Saudi Arabia may be released in three months, Vice President Jejomar Binay said Monday. Pinoy spared from death penalty in Saudi to be freed in 3 months — VP B...

China turns down Phl ‘mercy mission’ By Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star) MANILA, Philippines – China has refused a visit from Vice President Jejomar Binay to ask for mercy for a Filipino on death row and said the execution will &...

MANILA, Philippines – The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday defended a court decision imposing the death penalty on a Filipino found guilty of smuggling drugs to the country. China defends death sentence on Pinoy ‘drug mule’ Sour...

Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Atty. Raul Hernandez said the death penalty against a Filipino convicted in China for carrying 1.495 kilos of heroin is set on December 8. The DFA is now making arrangements for the immediate travel of the Pinoy’s f...