De Lima to probe Webb, et al. despite SC acquittal
12/22/2010Three teams have been ordered formed by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to go after three sets of suspects in the Vizconde massacre that occurred in June 1991.
One of the teams, however, will still be held as suspects Hubert Jeffrey Webb, et. al., all of whom have already been ac-quitted by the Supreme Court on grounds that the prose-cution failed to prove its case against Webb, et al.
De Lima acknowledged that if Webb comes off as the guilty party by the special probe teams composed of investigators from the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), there can be no case filed against Webb and his group since he has been acquitted and charging them would violate the double jeopardy principle.
The PNP and the NBI are attached agencies of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the DoJ, respectively. They were tasked by Malacañang to spearhead the inter-agency panel that will conduct the reinvestigation.
President Aquino had ordered the reinvestigation of the Vizconde murder case,
saying he sympathizes with Lauro Vizconde..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101222hed3.html
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