A judge on the central island of Bohol sentenced 12...
A judge on the central island of Bohol sentenced 12 [unidentified] members of a kidnapping gang to death by lethal injection, after finding the 12 guilty of kidnapping a Chinese-Filipino businessman for ransom in 1998
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A judge on the central island of Bohol sentenced 12 [unidentified] members of a kidnapping gang to death by lethal injection, after finding the 12 guilty of kidnapping a Chinese-Filipino businessman for ransom in 1998. It is the biggest group of people condemned to death since the country restored capital punishment in 1994.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Reuters, 29/01/2001, FLAG Newsletter, December 2000, CNN, 22/01/2001)
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