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I.
Definition
American Period
o Retained the death penalty.
o In 1932, the Codigo Penal was revised. Only crimes such as
treason, parricide, piracy, kidnapping, murder, rape, and robbery
with homicide were imposed with the death penalty.
o Policies such as The Sedition Law, Flag Law and the
Reconcentration Act were sanctioned to the use of force against
nationalist Filipinos.
Marcos Regime
o Capital crimes increased to a total of 24. Crimes that were now
punishable by death included possession of firearms, hijacking,
arson and illegal-fishing.
o Nineteen executions took place during the Pre-Martial Law
period. Twelve were executed during Martial Law.
Aquino Regime
o The death penalty was abolished under the 1987 Constitution
making the Philippines the first Asian country to abolish the
death penalty for all crimes.
Ramos Regime
o The death penalty was reimposed by virtue of Republic Act No.
7659 on December 1993.
o Republic Act No. 8177 states that a death sentence shall be
carried out by lethal injection.
o The Death Penalty Law consists a total of 46 crimes punishable
by death; 25 of these are death mandatory while 21 are death
eligible.
Estrada Regime
o A de facto moratorium or suspension on executions in spite of
church-led campaigns to abolish the death penalty and in
observance of the Jubilee Year.
Arroyo Regime
o Estradas de facto moratorium was lifted on December 5, 2003.
o Executions were set to resume on January 2004, however this did
not push through by virtue of the Supreme Courts decision to
reopen the Lara-Licayan case.
o With the modification of Republic Act No. 8353 (Anti-Rape Law of
1997) and Republic Act No. 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous
References:
https://definitions.uslegal.com/d/death-penalty-law/
http://pcij.org/blog/2006/04/18/a-timeline-of-death-penalty-in-the-philippines
http://8list.ph/death-penalty-philippines-history/2/
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/united-nations-high-commissioner-humanrights
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/act50/3487/2016/en/