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Bishop wants to restore death penalty

Ben Cal | Monday, August 30, 2010

Philippines

He granted executive clemency to 108 death-row convicts as he asked Congress to repeal the Death Penalty Law.

But it was only on June 6, 2006, that Congress repealed the capital punishment and then President Arroyo signed Republic Act 9346 on June 24, 2006, prohibiting death penalty.

No execution was carried out during Arroyo’s watch from 2001 to June 30, 2010.

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