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Filipina who won a last-minute reprieve from an Indonesian firing squad seeks clemency

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Mary Jane Veloso spent almost 15 years in prison in Indonesia for drug trafficking.

She won a last-minute reprieve that allows her to serve the rest of her sentence in the Philippines .

Veloso was arrested in 2010 at an airport in Yogyakarta , where officials discovered about 2.6 kilograms ( 5.7 pounds ) of heroin hidden in her luggage.

The single mother of two sons was convicted and sentenced to death.

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semi-formal

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English

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