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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 11:55 am
Author: journeymanpictures

Length: 00:22:24
Rating: 4.48
Views: 81487

Tags: Death Row Philippines Catholicism Prisoners Lethal Injection Filipino

Video Comments:
anopinoy (December 1, 2008 at 12:13 pm)
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jackedasangelnman (December 1, 2008 at 11:44 am)
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anopinoy (December 1, 2008 at 11:43 am)
what a stupid comment
anopinoy (December 1, 2008 at 11:39 am)
dirty harry ba si ping? hindi ba si alfredo lim yun?
KYMAMI (November 29, 2008 at 8:50 pm)
europeans need to be done this way by all other races
ppy71 (November 28, 2008 at 12:59 am)
Hey you pinoys...
Try to post your comments in english...
There s a bunch of people caring about philippines situation...
gentleheart76 (November 23, 2008 at 2:53 pm)
the hell with Gen. Lacson. what he did was a rub out not a shoot out, may hangganan ka din Gen. Lacson
maximusdarkultima (November 20, 2008 at 9:49 am)
...

alam mong hindi lahat ng pilipino ay ganyan...

kung ganyan pa rin ang pananaw mo, eh wala na 'kong magagawa tungkol d'yan...
kengkoy0312 (November 20, 2008 at 7:46 am)
So sali ka kung gusto mo...Kaya nga may comment d2 kung apektado ka sorry ka...
Saka mas bobo ka problema ko pinuproblema mo din...Banoya banoya ka pa...Pag binaligtad letra ng name mo Abnoy ang labas....Yan ka Abnoy....
banoya (November 22, 2008 at 4:32 pm)
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