Duterte to seek ‘executive pardon’ for Lex Adonis

By MARILOU M. AGUIRRE | Davao Today

Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said he is going to seek executive pardon for Alexander "Lex" Adonis, the Davao broadcaster jailed for libel for reporting on the "Burlesque King" scandal, involving Duterte's political rival, first district Congressman Prospero Nograles.

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Jailed Davao broadcaster too poor to afford a lawyer asks for help

If media persons in Manila are raising a howl for being detained for hours without committing a crime, imagine how hard it would be for one to be sentenced to about six years in prison just because one could not afford a lawyer.

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