Rodrigo Duterte's death penalty campaign clears hurdle

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign to bring back the death penalty for drug-related crimes has cleared a major hurdle, with supporters backing it in congress but critics denouncing the plan as “inhumane”.

The death penalty bill – along with a proposed measure to punish children as young as nine as adult criminals – are key planks of Duterte’s controversial drug war that has already claimed more than 7,000 lives.

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A majority of politicians in the lower house of congress passed a second reading of the

source http://www.omnipopmag.com/2017/03/02/rodrigo-duterte039s-death-penalty-campaign-clears-hurdle/