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Philippines weighs pardon for death row inmate repatriated from Indonesia

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr is weighing an absolute pardon for Mary Jane Veloso, a former death row inmate detained since her 2010 conviction for drug trafficking in Indonesia. “The Office of the President is seriously considering granting an absolute pardon to Mary Jane Veloso on humanitarian grounds in support of the government’s commitment to protecting Filipino migrant workers,”…

Philippines weighs pardon for death row inmate repatriated from Indonesia

We haven't written up this one. South China Morning Post has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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