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After Marcos was deposed in 1986, the newly drafted 1987 Constitution prohibited the death penalty but allowed Congress to reinstate it "hereafter" for "heinous crimes"; making the Philippines the first Asian country to abolish capital punishment. The death penalty was replaced by reclusion perpetua. [32]
The case of Kian delos Santos has been likened to the cases of other teenagers, 19-year-old Carl Arnaiz and 14-year-old Reynaldo "Kulot" De Guzman. Arnaiz went missing for 10 days; his dead body was found on August 28 in a morgue in Caloocan. [90] According to the Caloocan police, Arnaiz was involved in a robbery at C-3 road. The police alleged ...
[28] [29] From a March 2018 article: "This week, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent a memo to the nation’s federal prosecutors urging them to seek the death penalty in cases involving large-scale drug traffickers. The memo points to an existing but little-known federal law that already allows for such a punishment.
[3] [5] [6] The penalty of life imprisonment is not provided for in the Revised Penal Code, although it is imposed by other penal statutes such as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act. [ 2 ] Republic Act 10951, signed by president Rodrigo Duterte in 2017, updated the fines and penalties to the law.
[27] [28] Duterte rebuked the idea of permitting foreigners to interfere in the country's justice system and his administration emphasized that cases against him should be filed before the national courts; [29] [30] additionally, he argued that the Rome Statute, which was ratified by the Senate in 2011, was never binding in the Philippines as ...
The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new death sentences remained small by historical standards ...
Therefore, the combination of these three drugs remains in use. Supporters of the death penalty speculate that the designers of the lethal-injection protocols intentionally used the same drugs as are used in everyday surgery to avoid controversy. The only modification is that a massive coma-inducing dose of barbiturates is given.
The 2024 presidential election leaves people opposed to the death penalty in a quandary. The American people have returned to the White House someone who wants to expand the uses of capital ...