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(Eagle News)–Three senators are moving to repeal in its entirety the Good Conduct Time Allowance law, following the release under the same of convicts of heinous crimes. In filing Senate Bill No. 993 that seeks to repeal the amendments in Articles 29, 94, 97, 98 and 99 of the Revised Penal Code as contained under the GCTA law or Republic Act 10592, Senate President Tito Sotto and Senators Panfilo Lacson and Richard Gordon noted that […]
(Eagle News)–The mother of Eileen Sarmenta is no longer in favor of the death penalty. Maria Clara Sarmenta made the revelation during a Senate hearing on Monday, Sept. 2, on Republic Act 10592 that increases the GCTA given to inmates. The hearing was called following public outrage over the reported release under the law of former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez, who was convicted for the murder and rape of Aileen and the murder of […]
(Eagle News)–The approval of the Justice Secretary is required before an inmate who was sentenced to life imprisonment or reclusion perpetua and who has served his sentence can be released. According to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, this is according to a department order issued by then-Justice Secretary Alfredo Caguioa in 2015. Caguioa is now a Supreme Court justice. According to Guevarra, the department order also affirmed the authority of the Bureau of Corrections director general […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra and Bureau of Corrections Chief Nicanor Faeldon not to release former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez. This is according to the President’s longtime aide and now-Senator Bong Go in an interview over GMA-7 on Monday, Aug. 26. Go said the President was angry following reports Sanchez could be released, after the Supreme Court ruled in June that RA 10592, which increases the Good Conduct Time […]
