Philippines
president-elect wants to
bring back the
death penalty
The Philippines' new
president-elect*is upholding his campaign vow to
bring back the
death penalty to the Southeast Asian nation — much to the Catholic Church's chagrin.
Rodrigo Duterte, who
ruffled feathers on the campaign trail with his fiery speeches, said Monday he would ask Congress to reintroduce executions for serious crimes such as drug trafficking, rape and murder.
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The
Philippines had previously practiced capital punishment by lethal injection, but stopped in 2006, because of strong opposition by the dominant Roman Catholic Church. Official data pegs over
80% of the country's population as Catholic.
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