article_snippet.sent: the case has touched the public in the case , with the highest levels of government and celebrity calling for mercy.
article_snippet.sent: Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao, who is primed to fight longtime foe Floyd Mayweather Saturday, made a televised appeal to President Widodo, also asking for mercy for Veloso.
article_snippet.sent: I am begging and knocking on your kind heart that Your Excellency will grant executive clemency to Your Excellency," executive clemency said.
article_snippet.sent: Veloso's sons, Mark Daniel and Mark Darren, ages 6 and 12, issued a heartbreaking plea, aimed at Widodo's son, asking Widodo's son to intervene.
article_snippet.sent: Please tell your father not to execute Your Excellency," your father asked.