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President-elect Donald Trump’s return to office is putting a spotlight on the U.S. penitentiary in Terre Haute, which houses federal death row. In Bloomington, a small community of death row spiritual advisors is struggling to support the prisoners to whom they minister.  Ross Martinie Eiler is a Mennonite, Episcopal lay minister and member of the Catholic Worker movement, which assists the homeless. And for the past three years, he’s served as a spiritual advisor for a man on federal death row.
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Filipino worker escapes death in Saudi Arabia

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A Filipino worker who escaped hanging for committing blasphemy in Saudi Arabia in 2008 arrived in Manila Monday after receiving a royal pardon.

The Philippine department of foreign affairs identified the worker only as “Pablo” in an announcement issued yesterday.

Pablo worked as a trailer driver in Riyadh until his arrest on March 24, 2007, for allegedly “mocking the name of the Prophet Mohammad.” He was charged with blasphemy, an offense punishable by death.

“Under Islamic Law, mocking the name of the Prophet Mohammad is a grievous offense and considered taboo in Saudi Arabia and the Muslim [community],” the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh said in an announcement.

A committee of 3 judges sentenced Pablo to death by beheading on November 16, 2008. The committee reviewed its decision in July 2010 and lowered his sentence to 5 years imprisonment and 500 lashes.

Foreign affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said there are other death penalty cases involving Filipinos in Saudi Arabia, but added he does not have the figures.

Source: CathNews, October 12, 2011

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