Philippine President Gloria Arroyo gave a 90-day reprieve...
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo gave a 90-day reprieve to six convicted rapists who were scheduled to be executed in June, her spokesman Ignacio Bunye said
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Philippine President Gloria Arroyo gave a 90-day reprieve to six convicted rapists who were scheduled to be executed in June, her spokesman Ignacio Bunye said.
Papers deferring the executions of the six men on death row were being readied, Bunye said, adding, "... the scheduled execution of the rape convicts has been put off for 90 days." Bunye did not say why Arroyo had deferred the executions, to be carried out be lethal injection.
In December 2003 she declared the end of a four-year-old moratorium on the death penalty in order to curtail violence and crime.
Papers deferring the executions of the six men on death row were being readied, Bunye said, adding, "... the scheduled execution of the rape convicts has been put off for 90 days." Bunye did not say why Arroyo had deferred the executions, to be carried out be lethal injection.
In December 2003 she declared the end of a four-year-old moratorium on the death penalty in order to curtail violence and crime.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Agence France Presse, 10/06/2004)
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