KUWAIT: PINOY ON DEATH ROW IN KUWAIT PARDONNED BY VICTIM'S FAMILY

an overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a Kuwaiti court for killing a compatriot may be spared, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. In a statement, the DFA said the victim’s family agreed to forgive Bienvenido Espino. Espino was convicted for killing fellow OFW Jhiyas Gumapac in Kuwait in 2007. Now, the Emir of Kuwait can grant Espino a pardon.