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The death penalty was replaced by reclusion perpetua. [34] When the Philippines had the death penalty, male inmates condemned to death were held at New Bilibid Prison, and female inmates condemned to death were held at Correctional Institution for Women (Mandaluyong). [35]
Recalling also the resolutions on the question of the death penalty adopted over the past decade by the Commission on Human Rights in all consecutive sessions, the last being its resolution 2005/59 of 20 April 2005, [d] in which the Commission called upon states that still maintain the death penalty to abolish it completely and, in the meantime ...
[note 1] Reclusión perpetua is prescribed for crimes punishable by the Revised Penal Code, while life imprisonment is imposed on offenses punishable by special laws. Reclusión perpetua carries the accessory penalty in which, as defined by Philippine law, the prisoner is barred for life from holding political office. Life imprisonment does not ...
Death penalty opponents regard the death penalty as inhumane [207] and criticize it for its irreversibility. [208] They argue also that capital punishment lacks deterrent effect, [ 209 ] [ 210 ] [ 211 ] or has a brutalization effect, [ 212 ] [ 213 ] discriminates against minorities and the poor, and that it encourages a "culture of violence ...
Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code defines murder as killing someone other than a family member [1] with any of the following six circumstances: With treachery [see below] , taking advantage of superior strength, with the aid of armed men, or employing means to weaken the defense, or of means or persons to insure or afford impunity;
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If it is the public officer who asks or demands such gift or present, he shall suffer the penalty of death. Corruption of public officials: The same penalties on the person corrupted except those of disqualification and suspension, shall be imposed upon any person who shall have made the offers or promises or given the gifts or presents as ...