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LARA AND LICAYAN
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[Title] => There is no stopping death penalty, Barbers says
[Summary] => Re-electionist Sen. Robert Barbers welcomed yesterday the Supreme Court (SC) decision ordering a retrial of the kidnap-for-ransom case involving death row convicts Roderick Licayan and Roberto Lara, but said the order should not be seen as a setback for the government’s anti-crime campaign.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-22 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Sammy Santos
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[Title] => High court new trial for 2 kidnappers on death row
[Summary] => Death convicts Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan got a new lease on life yesterday after the Supreme Court (SC) ordered a retrial of their 1998 kidnapping-for-ransom case.
Voting 8-6 pro hac vice (for this occasion only), the tribunal suspended the scheduled Feb. 28 execution of the two convicted kidnappers and remanded their case to the Marikina City Regional Trial Court Branch 272 for the hearing of new evidence.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-20 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Aurea Calica
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[Title] => Time running out on death convicts
[Summary] => While the spotlight remains on the Supreme Court (SC) as it deliberates on the citizenship of presidential contender Fernando Poe Jr., time may be running out for death convicts Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan.
With only eight days to go before the period for the temporary suspension of their execution lapses, officials at the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) have started preparing the duo’s trip to the lethal injection chamber on Feb. 26.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-19 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Edu Punay
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[Title] => Death convicts back in isolation
[Summary] => Death convicts Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan returned to isolation at the death row building of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) yesterday, 15 days before the deadline of the Supreme Court for a ruling on the motion to reopen the kidnapping cases against them.
NBP superintendent Venacio Tesoro said Lara and Licayan must be isolated, based on the rules, since the SC has yet to decide on the motion to reopen their cases.
"We have to stick to the process," he said. "Technically speaking, Lara and Licayan are set to be executed on Feb. 27."
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-12 00:00:00
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[Title] => Court resets reopening of death convicts’ case
[Summary] => The reopening of the kidnap-for-ransom case against death convicts Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan was reset yesterday to Feb. 25.
Judge Reuben de la Cruz, of the Marikina Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 272, ordered the postponement at 8 a.m. yesterday after the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) filed a motion to defer the arraignment of the case against Lara, Licayan and two other accused Pedro Mabansag and Noel de los Reyes.
The Supreme Court postponed the scheduled execution of Lara and Licayan last Jan. 30.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-10 00:00:00
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[Title] => Judge’s math lapse favors 3 death cons
[Summary] => A lapse in simple arithmetic can save lives.
For a Pasig City judge, a miscalculation on the date of execution of three convicted kidnappers gave them an unintended reprieve.
The judge unwittingly gave the three convicts a 190-day lease on life, according to Socorro "Cookie" Diokno, secretary-general of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG).
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-03 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Edu Punay
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[Title] => Execution of 3 kidnappers reset
[Summary] => The Supreme Court (SC) has moved the execution of three convicted kidnappers set on Feb. 12 to later this year, by which time a new administration would have come in, a prison official said yesterday.
New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) superintendent Venacio Tesoro told The STAR that a "reliable sector" furnished him a copy of the SC resolution late last week.
"I was able to confirm that the SC moved the date of the execution to Aug. 14 but I still have to check (today) what the basis of the reschedule was," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-02 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon
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[Title] => Prison officials on executions: So what now?
[Summary] => Prison officials were at a loss yesterday if they should proceed with the other scheduled executions, saying neither President Arroyo’s order nor the recent ruling of the Supreme Court (SC) was clear on the issue.
New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) superintendent Venacio Tesoro said they are waiting for the President to clarify her order to execute convicted kidnappers and drug traffickers whose death sentences have been affirmed by the SC.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-31 00:00:00
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[Title] => Families of death convicts hope for reopening of case
[Summary] => Convicted kidnappers Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan may have been spared from their execution scheduled this afternoon. But their families and supporters continued to agonize over their impending deaths.
New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) chaplain Msgr. Roberto Olaguer said "there was happiness, but for a limited time only." He said the families understand very well that the suspension of the execution was only temporary.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-30 00:00:00
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[Title] => SC hailed for suspension of Jan. 30 executions
[Summary] => While President Arroyo expressed relief, the Catholic Church and anti-death penalty groups were elated over the suspension of the Jan. 30 execution of death row convicts Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan.
Lara and Licayan, who had been scheduled to die on Friday, were granted a 30-day reprieve based on the 7-6 decision of the Supreme Court to suspend the executions, during which their cases will be reviewed.
"We follow the mandate of the Supreme Court," the President said. "I have directed all preparations for the execution to stand down."
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-29 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Marichu Villanueva and Jose Aravilla
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