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Using
the
hashtag
#MaryJanelives,
friends,
celebrities, and well-wishers took to Twitter to
give thanks that Mary Jane Veloso
spared from execution.
had
been
The following suggested criteria for the use
of video-link technology are accepted in a
variety of foreign jurisdictions including the
United
Kingdom,
States,
Canada,
European
Union,
Australia,
United
Kenya,
and
India:
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« Witness is vulnerable;
» Witness is overseas and it is impossible
#MaryJanelLives is faith and God's
or costly to travel; and
goodness. Praying for the 8 executed
« Evidence has probative value.
in Indonesia. €9 Death penalty is never
the answer. @jokowi_do2
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Mutual
Law
Legal
Assistance
Number
(MLA)
1 Year
Assistance
(Law
under
2006
on
1/20086).
Indonesia and the Philippines have signed
Filipina TV host and model Bianca Gonzales
tweeted that the death penalty “is never the
answer.”
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against Transnational Organized Crime,
Article 18 of which requires state parties to
afford one another MLA to the “fullest
extent possible,” in relation to certain
offenses, of which human trafficking is
included.
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and ratified the United Nations Convention
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Given the significant number of
my sympathies to the families & friends
OFWs
of the 8 people executed.
where they are at risk of being
who
detained
punishment
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reside
in countries
exposed
to unfair
within
a foreign
state’s criminal justice system,
the use of video-link evidence
will offer protection to Filipinos,
Filipina actress Angel Locsin reminded those
that while Mary Jane Veloso lived, eight others
in death row had died.
Source:
well beyond
the case of
Jane Veloso.
time.com
Please also see Addendum
November 25, 2019.
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