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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Background of the Study: The Practice of Capital Punishment in the Philippines In the Philippines‚ the practice of capital punishment predates recorded history (See Chart 1)‚ and only with the accession of Mrs. Corazon Aquino to presidential office‚ and the drafting of the new Constitution‚ was capital punishment abolished in 1987. The Aquino government was responsible for restoring various democratic institutions‚ including the Congress once regulated by Marcos. In 1993‚ the Philippine government
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caught in the bus terminal with all the jewelries and bank passbook of the deceased which determines the consummated robbery. Antonio Reyes Magano is found guilty by Regional Trial Court of Sta. Cruz‚ Laguna and was sentenced a punishment of Reclusion Perpetua or 20 years and 1 day up to 40 years of imprisonment and a penalty for the heirs of the deceased of
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Summary of the Article III of the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines Bill of Rights Article III enumerates the fundamental rights of the Filipino people. The Bill of Rights sets the limits to the government’s power which proves to be not absolute. Among the rights of the people are freedoms of speech‚ assembly‚ religion‚ and the press. An important feature here is the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus which have three available grounds such as invasion
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In the first three centuries of the early Christian church. The church was being martyred and treated badly by the Roman population. There were many reasons that the Romans persecuted Christians. Although many people thought the reason was because the Christians refused to worship the roman gods or take part in the sacrifices. But‚ that was only part the reason that the Romans actually persecuted Christians. The Romans just hated the Christians in general because of their teachings of the Lord.
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During the rule of the Roman Empire‚ thousands of people were persecuted. A major number of those people were Christians who are known as martyrs because they died for believing and practicing their faith. They were persecuted under the empire for many reasons such as the motives of the different emperors‚ but overall it was because they refused to worship the Roman gods as the government enforced. Through the killings of the many martyrs‚ followers of the Christianity strengthened in their faith
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What is this Cyber crime? We read about it in newspapers very often. Let’s look at the dictionary definition of Cybercrime: "It is a criminal activity committed on the internet. This is a broad term that describes everything from electronic cracking to denial of service attacks that cause electronic commerce sites to lose money". Mr. Pavan Duggal‚ who is the President of www.cyberlaws.net and consultant‚ in a report has clearly defined the various categories and types of cybercrimes. Cybercrimes
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The Philippines is a religion-based country. Filipinos are broad-minded most especially in distinguishing what is right and what is wrong. Their philosophy is centrally base in “The Bible” with accordance to their religion. But‚ the government is greatly alarmed because of the continuous rise of the crime rate in the country. This issue became a reason for reinstating Death Penalty as a law in the justice system of the Philippines. According to one of the sites made by Pearson‚ the world’s largest
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his suffering with “unseasonable kindness” (17). His death brought along an inheritance. He states further‚ “But if I suffer‚ I shall be emancipated by Jesus Christ: and united to him‚ I shall rise in freedom.” (17). Many martyrs embraced death. Perpetua was a great example of a Christian that clung to her profession while in the company of her persecutors and her father‚ who is trying to spare her torment‚ she proclaims‚ “Neither can I call myself anything else other than what I am‚ a Christian
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Appellant continued to stab his wife stating that his mind had been "dimmed" or overpowered by **passion and obfuscation by the sight of his wife having carnal act with her paramour. Appellant faults the trial court in imposing the penalty of reclusion perpetua for the crime of parricide‚ instead of the penalty of destierro for killing under exceptional circumstances pursuant to *Article 247 of the Revised Penal Code. State: The natural thing for a person to do under the circumstances was to report to
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