One thing we, Filipinos, can be proud of is the fact that our country has abolished DEATH PENALTY ahead of the states of the USA. It's one of Gloria Arroyo's legacy, notwithstanding the corrupt and cruel character of her 9-year tenure. If I recall correctly, Illinois was the latest US state that abolished the death penalty. It will be noted that the 2nd protocol of the 1966 Convention on Civil and Political Rights had long ago abolished the death penalty.
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A measure on the November ballot in California will allow voters to decide whether to continue the death penalty in the state.
The referendum would substitute life in prison without parole for capital sentences, report the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press. The measure would apply to those currently on death row and would bar future death sentences.
Though California authorizes death sentences, in reality they are rare, according to the Los Angeles Times. “California has executed 13 inmates in 23 years, and prisoners are far more likely to die of old age on death row than by the executioner's needle,” the story says.
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