[In the news] Mary Jane told of execution date: Tuesday, April 28 -RAPPLER

Mary Jane told of execution date: Tuesday, April 28 Jet Damazo-Santos, RAPPLER April 25, 2015 (UPDATED) Mary Jane is told Saturday afternoon about her execution date, Tuesday, April 28, in the presence of Philippine embassy officials, just hours after a reunion with her family. Unless the last-minute legal efforts to save her work, or by…

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Mary Jane told of execution date: Tuesday, April 28
Jet Damazo-Santos, RAPPLER
April 25, 2015

(UPDATED) Mary Jane is told Saturday afternoon about her execution date, Tuesday, April 28, in the presence of Philippine embassy officials, just hours after a reunion with her family.

Unless the last-minute legal efforts to save her work, or by some miracle clemency is granted, Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso could be executed on Tuesday, April 28, along with 8 other convicts on death row.

Her sister, Marites, told Rappler she received a call after 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, from Mary Jane telling her the news.

The 30-year-old Filipina on death row in Indonesia said she had been informed of her execution date on Saturday afternoon, just hours after a reunion with her family, including her two sons.

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