Life imprisonment in the philippines

Life imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious

crime under which the convicted person is to remain in jail for the
rest of his or her life. Doing a crimes for which a person could
receive this sentence include murder, high treason, severe or
violent cases of drug dealing or human trafficking, or aggravated
cases of burglary or robbery resulting in death or great bodily
harm.

For example Former Philippines President Joseph Estrada has

been found guilty of plunder by a special anti-corruption court. He
has been jailed for life.
He was found not guilty of a separate charge of perjury. His son
Jinggoy was acquitted of the charge of plunder. A few hundred
pro-Estrada demonstrators had gathered for the verdict, but the
protests were reported to be peaceful. The former film star was
accused of embezzling about US$80m from illegal gambling, tax
kickbacks and bribes before being ousted from power in
2001.Estrada has been ordered to remain under house arrest on
his country estate until further orders. He is expected to appeal.

Like other areas of criminal law, sentences handed to minors may

differ from those given to legal adults. A few countries worldwide
had allowed for minors to be given lifetime sentences that have
no provision for eventual release. Of these, only the United States
currently has minors serving such sentences, according to an
updated 2008 joint study by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty
International. As of 2009, Human Rights Watch has calculated
that there are 2,574 youth offenders serving life without parole in
the United States. The U.S. and Somalia are the only countries in
the world which refused to ratify the CRC, an international
agreement that would abolish the ability to give juveniles life
without the possibility of parole.

Human trafficking

Life imprisonment is a term used for a particular kind of sentence

of imprisonment. The effect of such a sentence varies between
jurisdictions. Life imprisonment is regarded by many as a humane
alternative to the death penalty for the most serious crimes.

And I have an example about life imprisonment sentence human

trafficking. human trafficking is the illegal trade in human beings
for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation or forced
labor: a modern-day form of slavery. It is the fastest growing
criminal industry in the world, and tied with the illegal arms
industry as the second largest, after the drug-trade.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY Sheila, Valerie and Bridget hail from poor
families here and have set their sights to as far as Manila, Brunei
and Japan for jobs as domestic helpers to support their families
back home.But instead of finding work as domestic helpers, they
ended up as prostitutes and their recruiters human traffickers
.The crime is defined by law as being the illegal recruitment and
deception abuse of power or position.It includes having control
over another person for the purpose of exploitation including
sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery, servitude or
the removal or sale of organs.
Violation of the act entails an imprisonment of six years to life
imprisonment and a fine of between PhP 500,000 PhP 2
million.General Santos City in southern Mindanao is considered a
trafficking hotspot because of the proliferation of bars and transit
houses, according to the Visayan Forum Foundation, a non-
government organization that works to monitor and curb the
crime.

Reclusión perpetua ( permanent imprisonment)

is a particular kind of sentence of imprisonment in the
Philippines, Argentina, and several other countries.
In the Philippines, it is one of two sentences, the other being
life imprisonment, designed to replace
the death penalty and is, in legal parlance, almost synonymous
with life imprisonment. However,

there are several important distinctions between the two terms:

R eclusión perpetua is prescribed on crimes punishable by the

Revised Penal Code, while life

imprisonment is imposed on offences punishable by Special

Laws.

R eclusión perpetua carries the "accessory penalty" where, as

defined by Philippine Law,guilty parties suffer lifetime barring
from holding political office. Life

imprisonment does not carry this penalty.

R eclusión perpetua does not allow pardon or parole until after

the first 30 years of the
sentence have been served; after 40 years without pardon or
parole, the sentence ends. Life

imprisonment does not have any definite extent or duration of

imprisonment, and prisoners
serving life imprisonment can have parole at any time.
Unlike life imprisonment, the length of a sentence for reclusión
perpetua is an indivisible penalty of 40
years and cannot be altered during sentencing.

Imprisonment
Whether you are in detention after arrest, or serving a prison
term upon conviction, you should be prepared to face the
realities of what are by American standards inadequate facilities,
poor food, and deficient sanitation in prisons. You should provide
the Embassy with the names of family or friends for financial
assistance to enable you to buy dietary supplements and basic
necessities like soap and toothpaste. The Consul can help you
arrange for remittances to be sent so as to ensure that the
money reaches you intact. Although prison mail is subject to
censorship, American detainees can write to the Consul. And
since the Consul makes periodic visits to American detainees in
the Manila consular district, they
may discuss with a consular officer problems arising from their
confinement. The Consul or local civic organizations can help
prisoners to obtain reading material.

Alternatives to Capital Punishment

Capital punishment is not the solution to rising criminality. In
fact, the death penalty has no place in a
civilized society, much less in a society which proclaims
adherence to democratic ideals and to
promotion of human rights. It has been noted that the source of
all human corruption lies in the
impunity of the criminal, not in the moderation of punishment.
Clearly, it is not the severity of
punishment that deters the commission of criminal acts, but the
certainty of punishment.
Life imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a
serious crime where the convicted person is to remain in
prison for the
rest of his or her life. Examples of crimes for which a person
could receive this sentence include murder, high treason,
severe or violent cases of drug or human trafficking, or
aggravated casesof burglary or robbery resulting in death or
great bodily harm.This sentence does not exist in all countries.

R epublic Act No. 9346: An Act Prohibiting the

Imposition of
Death Penalty in the Philippines
Republic Act No. 9346, enacted on 24 June 2006, prohibits the
imposition of death penalty in the Philippines and provides that
in lieu thereof, the penalty of reclusion perpetua or life
imprisonment shall be imposed. This Act
expressly repeals Republic Act No. 8177 entitled Act
Designating Death by Lethal Injection, and amends Republic Act
No. 7659 otherwise known as the Death Penalty Law. It also
repeals or amends all laws, executive orders and
decrees that impose the penalty of deat