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After Marcos was deposed in 1986, the newly drafted 1987 Constitution prohibited the death penalty but allowed Congress to reinstate it "hereafter" for "heinous crimes"; making the Philippines the first Asian country to abolish capital punishment. The death penalty was replaced by reclusion perpetua. [34]
The methodical removal of portions of the body over an extended period of time, usually with a knife, eventually resulting in death. Sometimes known as "death by a thousand cuts". Pendulum. [8] A machine with an axe head for a weight that slices closer to the victim's torso over time (of disputed historicity). Starvation/Dehydration ...
People of Filipino nationality sentenced to death. Filipino people who were ultimately executed should be placed in Category:Executed Filipino people. For people who were sentenced to death by the Philippines, see Category:Prisoners sentenced to death by the Philippines.
Prisoners sentenced to death by the Philippines. People who were ultimately executed by the Philippines should be placed in Category:People executed by the Philippines. For people of Filipino nationality sentenced to death, see Category:Filipino prisoners sentenced to death.
Leo Pilo Echegaray (11 July 1960 – 5 February 1999) was the first Filipino to be executed after the reinstatement of the death penalty in the Philippines in 1993, some 23 years after the last judicial execution was carried out.
Pages in category "Death and funerary practices in the Philippines" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice.The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.