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Philippines Court Orders Life Sentence for Selling Two Grams of Marijuana
#7996751 - 02/08/08 03:34 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Southeast Asia: Philippines Court Orders Life Sentence for Selling Two Grams of Marijuana http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/522/philippines_life_sentence_two_grams_marijuana
The Philippines has effectively imposed a moratorium on the death penalty, but that doesn't mean drug offenders don't still face incredibly harsh punishments there. That was certainly the case this week, when a judge sentenced a 54-year-old man to life in prison for selling 10 sticks of marijuana weighing just 1.79 grams (http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/metro/view/20080205-116906/Court-sends-man-to-jail-for-selling-marijuana), or less than one-eighth of an ounce.
Regional Trial Court Judge Gabriel Ingles Monday sentenced Rosario Bayot Mahinay to life on Monday. Mahinay was convicted of selling marijuana to undercover agents, a charge he denied. He said two men approached him as he waited for his daughter and offered him money for marijuana, which he refused because he wasn't selling marijuana. One of the men then threw down a plastic bag containing marijuana, and Mahinay was then arrested, he said.
Judge Ingles, however, pronounced himself unconvinced by Mahinay's testimony. He said Mahinay had failed to present any evidence to show ill faith by the undercover officers who did the buy-bust.
Mahinay's may be an extreme case, but law enforcement in the Philippines, abetted by a mass media prone to tabloid-style sensationalism on drug issues, continues to consider marijuana serious business.
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Re: Philippines Court Orders Life Sentence for Selling Two Grams of Marijuana [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#7996759 - 02/08/08 03:35 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Death Penalty: Hash-Selling, Drunkenness Earn Ultimate Sanction, Two More Beheaded in Saudi Arabia http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/522/death_penalty_alcohol_iran_hash_india_saudi_arabia
The resort to the death penalty for drug offenses continued unabated this week and arguably scaled new heights as an Indian court sentenced a man to death for selling hash and an Iranian court handed out the same sentence to a chronic drunk. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia lopped the heads off another pair of drug traffickers.
As reported by the death penalty abolitionist group Hands Off Cain (http://www.handsoffcain.info), an Iranian court sentenced a 22-year-old man to death for repeatedly violating the Islamic Republic's ban on drinking alcohol. The man, identified only by his first name, Mohsen, has confessed and expressed remorse, his lawyer told the Iranian state news agency. Under Iran's Sharia law, a person caught drinking four times can face capital punishment, but the resort to the ultimate sanction for drinking is reportedly rare.
Meanwhile, India made a rare appearance among the ranks of the death-dealing countries this week when a Mumbai court meted out a death sentence for selling 20 kilos of hashish (http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1149591). Under Indian law, a second drug trafficking offense can merit the death penalty, but the sentence handed down to Gulam Malik was the first one in the city of Mumbai.
And Saudi Arabia kept up on its bid to a be a world leader in drug executions, with the executions in Mecca last week of two people for drug trafficking. Pakistani citizen Ghulam Nawaz was beheaded after being found guilty of trafficking, as was Nigerian woman Tawa Ibrahim. Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law that prescribes the death sentence for murder, apostasy, rape, drug trafficking, highway robbery, sabotage and armed robbery.
The resort to the death penalty appears to be a violation of international law. An international campaign to end the practice is getting underway. Read about it here (http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/518/international_death_penalty_drugs_campaign).
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#7996819 - 02/08/08 03:51 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: Philippines Court Orders Life Sentence for Selling Two Grams of Marijuana [Re: Chemy]
#7996919 - 02/08/08 04:14 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: Philippines Court Orders Life Sentence for Selling Two Grams of Marijuana [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#7997191 - 02/08/08 05:26 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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an Iranian court sentenced a 22-year-old man to death for repeatedly violating the Islamic Republic's ban on drinking alcohol.
Imagine that, a 22 year old drinking alcohol. Good thing they got him before he could imbibe again.
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Re: Philippines Court Orders Life Sentence for Selling Two Grams of Marijuana [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#7998805 - 02/09/08 12:53 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'm ashamed of my Filipino brothers.
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Re: Philippines Court Orders Life Sentence for Selling Two Grams of Marijuana [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#7999383 - 02/09/08 08:30 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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uhh america might not be that great, but shit likes this makes me happy to live here.
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