Death penalty abolished.Manila--At Easter, President Gloria Arroyo commuted the death sentences of about 1,200 prisoners to life imprisonment Imprisonment See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. with the approval of Congress. Victims' families protested, with some vowing to have the criminals killed in prison. The Catholic Church applauded her action, which was attributed to reasons of "faith." While perhaps 100 inmates faced imminent execution, there have been no executions in the country since 2000. That year the Filipino government, prompted by the Catholic Church and the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community , declared a moratorium A suspension of activity or an authorized period of delay or waiting. A moratorium is sometimes agreed upon by the interested parties, or it may be authorized or imposed by operation of law. on executions. The decision to formally repeal the death penalty was within the jurisdiction of Congress, which took that action on June 7, 2006. All death sentences were reduced to life imprisonment or 40-year jail terms without parole parole (pərōl`), in criminal law, release from prison of a convict before the expiration of his term on condition that his activities be restricted and that he report regularly to an officer. (Prolifer newsletter, May 2006; Zenit.org, June 7, 2006; Crisscross News Japan, June 8, 2006). |
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