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Capital punishment in the Philippines has a varied history and, as of June 24 2006, is illegal.
Capital punishment was first abolished in the Philippines in 1987 through changes to the Constitution; it was the first country in Asia to abolish capital punishment. It was reinstated in December 1993 through Republic Act No. 7659, which allowed capital punishment for "heinous crimes" following claims of a national crime spree. In 1999 the lethal injection was approved as the method of execution through Republic Act No. 8177. On March 24, 2000 President Joseph Estrada called for a moratorium on executions to honour the birth of Christ; executions were resumed a year later.
Capital punishment was reabolished through Republic Act No. 9346, which was signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on June 24, 2006. The bill followed a vote held in Congress earlier in the same month which overwhelmingly supported that the practice be abolished. The penalties of life imprisonment and reclusion perpetua (indeterminate sentence, 30-year minimum) replaced the death penalty. The sentences of the 1,230 death row inmates were commuted to life imprisonment in April, in what Amnesty International believes to be the "largest ever commutation of death sentences".
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Death Penalty: Moral and Judicial Debate under the Philippine Government
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In the long history of the Philippines, the death penalty was known and accepted fact. The code of Kalantiao, the oldest recorded body of laws of our early ancestors showed the strictness under the barangay that existed and based their moral acceptance of right and wrong. For example, anyone caught stealing would be penalized by suffering the
Capital punishment in the Philippines has a varied history and, as of June 24 2006, is illegal.
Capital punishment was first abolished in the Philippines in 1987 through changes to the Constitution; it was the first country in Asia to abolish capital punishment. It was reinstated in December 1993 through Republic Act No. 7659, which allowed capital punishment for "heinous crimes" following claims of a national crime spree. In 1999 the lethal injection was approved as the method of execution through Republic Act No. 8177. On March 24, 2000 President Joseph Estrada called for a moratorium on executions to honour the birth of Christ; executions were resumed a year later.
Capital punishment was reabolished through Republic Act No. 9346, which was signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on June 24, 2006. The bill followed a vote held in Congress earlier in the same month which overwhelmingly supported that the practice be abolished. The penalties of life imprisonment and reclusion perpetua (indeterminate sentence, 30-year minimum) replaced the death penalty. The sentences of the 1,230 death row inmates were commuted to life imprisonment in April, in what Amnesty International believes to be the "largest ever commutation of death sentences".
Contents [hide]
1 Methods
2 See also
3 References
4 Original Source
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Death Penalty: Moral and Judicial Debate under the Philippine Government
11/13/2012 8 Comments Picture
In the long history of the Philippines, the death penalty was known and accepted fact. The code of Kalantiao, the oldest recorded body of laws of our early ancestors showed the strictness under the barangay that existed and based their moral acceptance of right and wrong. For example, anyone caught stealing would be penalized by suffering the
References: REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7659 AN ACT TO IMPOSE THE DEATH PENALTY ON CERTAIN HEINOUS CRIMES, AMENDING FOR THAT PURPOSE THE REVISED PENAL LAWS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES