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                    [Title] => After lawmakers scrap death penalty: Cheers and jeers for repeal of law
                    [Summary] => The death throes of capital punishment in the country met contrasting reactions from proponents and opponents after the both houses of Congress voted to repeal it last Monday.


The Cebu Archdiocese has lauded the move to repeal the death penalty law 12 years after Congress reimposed it as the maximum punishment for heinous crimes. 


Msgr. Achilles Dakay, spokesperson of the Cebu Archdiocese, said that the Church was convinced that the death penalty had not served its purpose since criminality and corruption were still rampant saying that criminality has not been deterred.

                    [DatePublished] => 2006-06-08 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1096948
                    [AuthorName] =>  Fred Languido
                    [SectionName] => Cebu News
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                    [ArticleID] => 254125
                    [Title] => If we don’t avenge the murder of Judge Rosales, then justice will go to hell in this land!
                    [Summary] => Let’s leave for the moment the pompous and portentous nonsense of the nitpicking "canvass" in Congress – with our politicians still debating and spouting platitudes for the benefit of TV mileage – and focus our attention on the harsh challenges and hard realities that threaten our society today.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-06-16 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133172
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1510184
                    [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
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                    [ArticleID] => 230937
                    [Title] => Selectively  implementing the law
                    [Summary] => There is nothing more ridiculous than a partial or selective implementation of the law.  When the president says that those convicted of kidnapping for ransom (KFR) will be executed but not those convicted of other equally heinous crimes, one may suspect that she is motivated by considerations other than those of justice.  Philippine law makes it mandatory that capital punishment be meted to those  committing heinous crimes and public officials sworn to uphold and implement the law subvert it in selectively applying it.


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-12-09 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133858
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                    [AuthorID] => 1316794
                    [AuthorName] => Felipe B. Miranda
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After lawmakers scrap death penalty: Cheers and jeers for repeal of law

By Fred Languido | June 8, 2006 - 12:00am

The death throes of capital punishment in the country met contrasting reactions from proponents and opponents after the both houses of Congress voted to repeal it last Monday. The Cebu Archdiocese has lauded the...

Cebu News

If we don’t avenge the murder of Judge Rosales, then justice will go to hell in this land!

By BY THE WAY | By Max V. Soliven | June 16, 2004 - 12:00am

Let’s leave for the moment the pompous and portentous nonsense of the nitpicking "canvass" in Congress – with our politicians still debating and spouting platitudes for the benefit of TV mileage...

Opinion

Selectively implementing the law

By CHASING THE WIND | By Felipe B. Miranda | December 9, 2003 - 12:00am

There is nothing more ridiculous than a partial or selective implementation of the law. When the president says that those convicted of kidnapping for ransom (KFR) will be executed but not those convicted of other...

Opinion