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Legal Research (Sentence Outline) - Death Penalty

The document discusses whether the Death Penalty Law should be reimposed in the Philippines due to rising crime rates. It provides background on the death penalty and its history in the country. While a senator pushed to reinstate the death penalty, others argue it should not be reimposed. Capital punishment is not proven to deter crimes, there is a chance of wrongful conviction, and the state should not have the power to end someone's life. Overall the document analyzes both sides of the issue without making a clear conclusion.

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Legal Research (Sentence Outline) - Death Penalty

The document discusses whether the Death Penalty Law should be reimposed in the Philippines due to rising crime rates. It provides background on the death penalty and its history in the country. While a senator pushed to reinstate the death penalty, others argue it should not be reimposed. Capital punishment is not proven to deter crimes, there is a chance of wrongful conviction, and the state should not have the power to end someone's life. Overall the document analyzes both sides of the issue without making a clear conclusion.

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Thesis Statement: Due to the increasing and alarming rate of heinous crimes in the

country, should the Death Penalty Law be re-imposed?


I.

Earlier this year, a member of the Senate pushed for the reinstatement of the
death penalty, being convinced that the rise in the incidents of heinous crimes in
the country is proof that the imposition of life imprisonment failed to deter
criminal liability.
A. Heinous crimes (as defined in the Preamble of R.A. No. 7659)
[The] crimes punishable by death under this Act are heinous for being
grievous, odious and hateful offenses and which, by reason of their inherent
or manifest wickedness, viciousness, atrocity and perversity are repugnant
and outrageous to the common standards and norms of decency and morality
in a just, civilized and ordered society.
B. Capital punishment or the death penalty is a legal process whereby a person
is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. The judicial decree
that someone be punished in this manner is a death sentence, while the
actual enforcement is an execution.

II.

Brief Summary of the Death Penalty Law in the Country


A. RA 7659, otherwise known as the Heinous Crime Law, was enacted wherein
death penalty has been imposed involving heinous crimes.
B. Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban said the law on capital punishment as
written was unconstitutional. He further said that it is now up to Congress
to repeal RA 7659.
C. On 24 June 2006, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed into law
Republic Act No. 9346, entitled "An Act Prohibiting the Imposition of Death
Penalty in the Philippines".

III.

While the 1987 Constitution scrapped capital punishment, Congress was given
the power to restore it on two conditions: (1) that it be restored for heinous
crimes and (2) only on proof of "compelling reasons."

IV.

Heinous crimes continue to rise after the Death Penalty Law was banned. Hence,
the move for its reinstatement.

V.

Why Capital Punishment or Death Penalty Law should not be re-imposed?


A. Death penalty is not a proven deterrent to future murders.
Amnesty International arrived to a conclusion that factors like
education, unemployment and poverty are more relevant in crime causation
rather than the absence of death penalty.

B. There is always a possibility of error in condemning a person to death.


The death penalty [alone] imposes irrevocable sentence, once an
inmate is executed, nothing can be done to make amends if a mistake has
been made.
C. The State has no right to deprive a person of
(Naturalistic View: God is the giver of life and only He can take it.)

his

life.

In the long run, the use of death penalty by the state will increase the
acceptance of revenge in our society and will give official sanction to climate
violence. If somebody commits a crime, let the government authorities
punish that person but not to the extent of death penalty.
VI.

Analysis and Conclusion

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