| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Since Congress instituted capital punishment in 1993, he said, heinous crimes such as rape and murder have not stopped or lessened.The lives of more than 1,200 death-row convicts - including at least 11 al-Qaeda-linked militants - will be spared due to the abolition of capital punishment.President Macapagal Arroyo signed the law on Saturday, just prior to departing for a meeting with Pope Benedict
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