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DOJ: President Duterte’s order to re-arrest convicts released under GCTA law based on jurisprudence

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to re-arrest the 1700 convicts who were released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law is based on jurisprudence, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said. Guevarra in particular noted  People of the Philippines vs. Fidel Tan, and City Warden of the Manila City Jail vs. Raymond S. Estrella, where the Supreme Court ordered the re-arrest of inmates after the GCTA credited to them were found to be “invalid.” In the first […]