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15th August 2000
A man lies down to die. He is strapped to a bed and his left arm is punctured with a crude yet fatal drip.

He is not alone. Over 1300 prisoners in the Philippines are on death row, awaiting their lethal injection. Among them are women and even children. The rising number of executions is part of a crackdown on crime -- Zero Tolerance Filipino style. The man in charge of this campaign is Ping Lacson of the Philippines National Police. He was nick-named Dirty Harry when he broke a big gang of Manila bank robbers and took no prisoners. Instead eleven suspects were shot dead in suspicious circumstances. "I would rather be feared than loved ... as long as I get things done", he says. And he is getting things done. In his first six months petty crime is down 30 percent and drug arrests have doubled. While politicians score points, human rights activists and leaders of the Catholic Church call for an abolition of the death penalty.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: July 25, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Author: journeymanpictures

Length: 00:22:24
Rating: 4.49
Views: 64473

Tags: Death Row Philippines Catholicism Prisoners Lethal Injection Filipino

Video Comments:
tismomrawk (October 5, 2008 at 7:23 pm)
Chinese ???
kengkoy0312 (October 4, 2008 at 5:50 am)
Ayaw ko ng tawagin akong pinoy kung ganyan din lang sasabihing ugali natin...
Marijunhoney wag na pagtanggol ang pinas dahil ang pinas ay mayaman pero mayabang din ang nakatira tulad mo...
marijunhoney (October 5, 2008 at 8:08 am)
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kengkoy0312 (October 5, 2008 at 6:26 pm)
wahahahaha nice for bitch...Saw your videos and photos you are really a biatch...kakalat ka rin ng kaputahan sa japan...???Aw ok papatol ka sa old japs???Magkano ba???
marijunhoney (October 5, 2008 at 8:11 am)
aww..
first of all..
my family is already hre in japan., :]
second.,
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and third.,
get a gun and kill your self.,
im sure Jesus would understand,,
chow! ;]
kengkoy0312 (October 5, 2008 at 6:30 pm)
OO alam kong nasa Japan ka na dahil inampon ka...wahahahaha nice words by the way bitch...
Biatch ang tawag sayo lalo na sa pinoy na tulad nyo...Mukhang pera patol sa hapon para lang sa pera aminin or hinde yan ang totoo...
Biatch bat ba pilit mokong ginagaya sa tulad mong pinoy mayabang eh ayaw ko nga eh..kababae mo ngang tao mura ka ng mura eh,,,awts pinoy ka pala at kultura mo yan sabi mo...well enjoy your bitching here in japan..
kengkoy0312 (October 4, 2008 at 5:43 am)
kakahiya comment mo ipangalandakan mong pinoy ka...Mga pinoy payag ba kayong ganito ang ibinabandera nyo..Aminadong mnayabang at pikon eh pinoy culture daw at yan na ang ugali well ako dna kayo na lang..d baleng sabihing hapon ako basta alam ko d ako gagaya sa pinoy na ugali mayabang at ipinagyayabang pang mayabang cla..
kengkoy0312 (October 4, 2008 at 5:39 am)
wahahaha ayaw talagang magbago d bale na lng sabihang mayabang at pikon pinag mamalaki pang pinoy sya....
Wow pinoy ka nga galing mong magmura wahahahaha...Ikaw ba ang dapat kong ipagmalaking kalahi ko???
mag isa ka sa kayabangan mo at kahambugan mo... Ipag malaki mong pinoy ka ikaw na lang ako dna iatatago ko na lang kung ang irerepresent kong ugali ay sayo...
koldexx21 (October 4, 2008 at 4:59 am)
Ang bnsa-PUNO ng SQUATTERS at BASURA at mga nagkalat na mga bata at MANGMANG na mamamayan na walang ginawa kundi mag-anak.KONTROLLIN ang POPULASYON at IBALIK ang death penalty!!!MARINDI naman kyo sa TAGAL ng 3rd world at LUGMOK ng bnsa nyio!!
koldexx21 (October 4, 2008 at 4:54 am)
Kapag naging pres. na ako GUSTO kong MAKITA na NAKAPILA ang mga napatunayang MAGNANAKAW ng pera ng bnsa at bigyan ngisang STATE Firing Squad para MAPANOOD ng lahat ng pilipino.ITIGIL na ang puros SENTIMIENTO!!!IBALIK ang DEATH PENALTY.MATAGAL ng HINDI UMUUNLAD ang bnsa nyo..MAHIYA naman kayo!!!