The government has reiterated its appeal to the Emir of Kuwait to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment for overseas Filipino worker (OFW) May Vecina after the Kuwait’s Court of Cassation (Supreme Court) made its decision final and executory last April 1.
Pakistani officials commemorated Benazir Bhutto's birthday Saturday with plans to rename an airport after the former prime minister, build a monument on the site of her assassination and grant clemency to thousands of death row inmates.
Pakistan's prime minister says he will commute the death sentences of thousands of prisoners as a tribute to his party's slain mentor, Benazir Bhutto.Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, a member of the late prime minister's PPP Party, has sent the request to the country's Parliament for consideration, a move that could also bring Pakistan into line with international demands it permanently
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani called Saturday for his country's thousands of death sentences to be commuted to life in prison as part of a birthday tribute to slain leader Benazir Bhutto.
Notice has been received of the death of Roger D. Marsh of Macon, MO, on June 17, 2008. Mr. Marsh was born December 27, 1935, son of Truman and Lillian P. (Apple) Marsh.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani officials commemorated Benazir Bhutto's birthday Saturday with plans to rename an airport after the slain former prime minister, build a monument on the site of her assassination and grant clemency to thousands of death row inmates.