Flawed justice system bars death penalty bid
01/24/2011Legislators admitted yesterday they are being impeded in reinstating the death penalty on heinous crimes by the flawed justice system existing in the country.
While the proposal for the reimposition of the death penalty appears to be heading to a dead-end in the House of Representatives, the Senate is giving a 50-50 chance to a revival of capital punishment due to the worsening crime wave, Sen. Francis Escudero said yesterday.
Escudero, chairman of the Senate justice and human rights committee, aired this assertion even as the Senate is yet to tackle in the panel level the proposed restoration of capital punishment.
While Escudero himself admittedly is against the proposal aired by some of his colleagues, in particular Senators Juan Miguel Zubiri and Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., the fact is that upper chamber members are split over the issue..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110124hed4.html
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