Tag: 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-narcotics laws: trafficking more than 500 grams of cannabis can result in the death penalty

The country 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

At present, there are six pending measures in Congress that seek to restore capital punishment in the country

The 10-nation regional bloc has spearheaded so far fruitless efforts to restore peace to the country after a military coup last year

The spate of hangings has prompted growing calls for Singapore to abolish the death penalty

The latest executions come after the hanging of a mentally disabled man in April sparked widespread international outrage

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