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Death Penalty Cases

This document outlines several important Philippine jurisprudence cases related to the death penalty. It discusses cases from 1950 to 2006 that established that the death penalty is constitutional and not a cruel punishment. It also notes specific cases such as the triple execution of abductors and rapists that was broadcast on national television in 1971, and identifies the last person executed in the Philippines in 2000. The document provides an overview of key Supreme Court rulings around the death penalty in the Philippines over several decades.

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Death Penalty Cases

This document outlines several important Philippine jurisprudence cases related to the death penalty. It discusses cases from 1950 to 2006 that established that the death penalty is constitutional and not a cruel punishment. It also notes specific cases such as the triple execution of abductors and rapists that was broadcast on national television in 1971, and identifies the last person executed in the Philippines in 2000. The document provides an overview of key Supreme Court rulings around the death penalty in the Philippines over several decades.

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Philippine Jurisprudence on the Death Penalty

I. Philippine Cases:
a. People of the Philippines v. Julio Guillen, G.R. No. L-1477, 18 January
1950.
i. The first instance when the death penalty was carried out after
the colonial period.
b. Cases which held that the Death Penalty is not a cruel, unjust, excessive,
or unusual:
i. Harden v. Director of Prisons, 81 Phil. 741 (1948).
ii. People v. Limaco, 88 Phil 36 (1951).
iii. People v. Camano, 115 SCRA 688 (1982).
iv. People v. Puda, 133 SCRA 1 (1984).
v. People v. Marcos, 147 SCRA 204 (1987).
vi. People v. Veneracion, 249 SCRA 246 (1995).
c. People of the Philippines v. Rafael Lacson, G.R. No. L-18188, 13
February 1961.
d. People v. Estoista, G.R. No. L-5793, 27 August 1953.
e. People v. Munoz, G.R. No. L-38969-70, 9 February 1989.
Cess f. People of the Philippines v. Gomez, G.R. No. L-28232, 6 February 1971.
i. The accused which allowed the triple execution of the abductors
and rapists of young actress Maggie dela Riva. The state ordered
that the executions be broadcast on national television.
g. People of the Philippines v. Leo Echegaray, G.R. No. 117472, 25 June
1996.
Cess h. People of the Philippines v. Leo Echegaray, G.R. No. 117472, 7 February
1997.
i. Case affirming the constitutionality of R.A. No. 7659, otherwise
known as the Death Penalty Law.
i. People of the Philippines v. Mercado, G.R. No. 116239, 29 November
2000.
i. On why the reimposition
Text of the death penalty does not violate
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
j. People v. Alicando, G.R. No. 117487, 12 December 1995. See Justice
Kapunans Dissent.
Cess k. People of the Philippines v. Alex Bartolome, G.R. No. 129054, 29
September 1998.
i. The accused in this case was the last convict to be executed in
the Philippines on 4 January 2000.
l. People of the Philippines v. Jose Villanueva, G.R. No. 146464-67, 15
November 2002.
m. People v. Mateo, G.R. No. 147678-87, 7 July 2004.
n. People v. Alfredo Bon, G.R. No. 166401, 30 October 2006.

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