Mary Jane Veloso

Mary Jane Veloso
Veloso in 2016
Born
Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso

(1985-01-10) 10 January 1985 (age 39)[1][2]
Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
OccupationDomestic worker
Criminal statusIncarcerated on death row
Conviction(s)Drug trafficking (2010)
Criminal penaltyDeath

Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso (born 10 January 1985[1]) is a Filipino woman who was arrested in Indonesia for drug trafficking in 2010 and then sentenced to death. Granted a temporary reprieve in 2015, she has remained on death row ever since and consistently protests her innocence to the present day. Her case, among others, aroused international attention and widespread scrutiny of Indonesia's capital punishment and drug prohibition laws.

  1. ^ a b "Philippine press caught out by last-minute execution reprieve for Mary Jane Veloso". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 29 April 2015. Archived from the original on 31 May 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Veloso family on Mary Jane's birthday: We want her home". Rappler. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.