Sotto bill revives death penalty - IQUIRER.net

Sotto bill revives death penalty
By Maila Ager, INQUIRER.net

January 28, 2014

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MANILA, Philippines—Alarmed  by the  influx of heinous crimes,  Senator  Vicente  “Tito” Sotto  III  has sought the revival of Republic Act 7659 or the Death Penalty Law in the country through lethal injection.


In filing Senate Bill 2080 known as “An Act imposing death penalty in the Philippines,” Sotto  sought to repeal Republic Act No. 9346 otherwise known as “An act prohibiting the imposition of Death Penalty in the Philippines…”


“The influx of heinous crimes committed poses an alarming situation in the country nowadays,” he said in his explanatory note in the bill.


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