Drug war victims’ kin brave ‘intimidation,’ sue QC cops
After securing a protection order from the court, three women who lost loved ones in President Duterte’s bloody campaign against illegal drugs pressed on with their legal battle against the Quezon City...
View ArticleChina remains world’s biggest executioner—Amnesty Int’l
China executed more people in 2016 than all other nations combined, Amnesty International said Tuesday, as death penalties in the world decreased overall. The post China remains world’s biggest...
View ArticleArkansas poised to carry out first execution since 2005
Arkansas was poised Thursday to conduct its first execution since 2005 after officials scrapped the third of eight lethal injections that had been planned before the end of the month in the face of...
View ArticleArkansas in bid to rush through executions
Arkansas is rushing to execute a slew of prisoners this week before its cache of lethal drugs run out, despite intense criticism and legal challenges to the southern US state's plans. The post Arkansas...
View ArticleKilling of young people in Caloocan alarms senators
Two senators have expressed alarm over the killing of another teenager in Caloocan City, barely two days after the death of 17-year-old Kian delos Santos on Aug. 16 that sparked public outrage. Senator...
View ArticleNPA rebels kill N. Cotabato village exec
Suspected New People's Army rebels on Tuesday killed a village official who actively supported the military’s peace and development program in North Cotabato, the military said. The post NPA rebels...
View ArticleTrump says New York attacker should be put to death
US President Donald Trump called Wednesday for the man charged with carrying out a New York City truck rampage that killed eight people to be put to death. The post Trump says New York attacker should...
View ArticleAum cult members face execution for Tokyo subway gas attack
TOKYO — Thirteen Japanese cult members may be sent to the gallows any day now for a deadly 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subway system and other crimes. But when is uncertain. Such is the secrecy that...
View ArticleJapan’s doomsday cult leader behind gas attack is executed
TOKYO — Japanese media reports say doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara, who has been on death row for masterminding the 1995 deadly Tokyo subway gassing and other crimes, has been executed. He was 63....
View ArticleJapan cult leader behind gas attack, followers are executed
TOKYO — Doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara and six followers were executed Friday for their roles in a deadly 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subways and other crimes, Japan's Justice Ministry said. The...
View ArticleJapan cremates body of sarin attack cult guru
Japanese authorities on Monday cremated Shoko Asahara, the executed head of the Aum Shinrikyo cult behind a deadly 1995 sarin attack, a lawyer for his daughter said. The post Japan cremates body of...
View ArticleNPA executes ‘military informer’ in Quezon
The New People’s Army (NPA) rebels claimed responsibility for the killing of an alleged military informer in Plaridel town in Quezon province. The post NPA executes ‘military informer’ in Quezon...
View ArticleJapan executes more sarin attack cult members – media
Tokyo, Japan – Several members of a cult that carried out a deadly 1995 sarin attack on Tokyo's subway were executed Thursday, Japanese media said, weeks after the group's leader was hanged. The post...
View ArticleNebraska conducts first US execution with fentanyl
Chicago, United States — Nebraska on Tuesday carried out America's first execution using fentanyl — the opioid at the center of the country's deadly overdose crisis — as part of a previously-untested,...
View ArticleUS halts injection execution of inmate who wants electric chair
A Tennessee man sentenced to death for a double murder won a last-minute appeal Wednesday to stop his execution by lethal injection, after insisting the state should use the electric chair. The post US...
View ArticleMan in China to be executed for avenging mother’s death
One man from Hanzhong in Shaanxi province, China, was handed a death sentence by the Hanzhong Intermediate People’s Court for the murder of neighbor Wang Zixin, 70, and sons Wang Zhengjun, 40, and Wang...
View ArticleSri Lanka leader orders execution of 4 drug convicts
Sri Lanka's president said on Wednesday that he has ordered the executions of four drug offenders who will be hanged in prison soon. The post Sri Lanka leader orders execution of 4 drug convicts...
View ArticleMan in NW China executed after decades-long blood feud
A man in China was executed Wednesday for killing three neighbors in apparent revenge for his mother's death more than two decades earlier. The post Man in NW China executed after decades-long blood...
View ArticlePNP identifies 11 suspects in murder of 4 Negros Oriental cops
MANILA, Philippines — Police have identified 11 suspected members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) who are believed to be behind The post PNP identifies 11 suspects in murder of 4 Negros...
View ArticleUS government will execute inmates for first time since 2003
The Justice Department said the federal government will resume executing death-row inmates for the first time since 2003. The post US government will execute inmates for first time since 2003 appeared...
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