Duterte eyes reinstating death penalty by lethal injection for drug crimes

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Ellie Aben

Tue, 2020-07-28 01:07

MANILA: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday pushed for the revival of the death penalty through lethal injection for drug crimes.

The comments were part of his fifth annual  State of the Nation Address. Duterte urged Congress to pass the bill “to deter criminality in the country.”

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