None of the 13 House bills filed in the 18th Congress present clear data on capital punishment's deterrent effect on crimes. READ:
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On February 10, 2017, Duterte claimed that since death penalty was abolished in 2006, there was a 3,180% increase in heinous crime convictions. He was citing resigned Bureau of Corrections chief Benjamin de los Santos. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra's October 23, 2019 position paper does not cite any supporting data too., but his and the DOJ's views are limited to constitutional issues anchored on Section 19, Article III of the Constitution which says that "neither shall death penalty be imposed,Many of the bills want to impose the death penalty on drug crimes.
DECREASING. The Free Legal Assistance Group cites PNP data to show a decrease in crimes in years without the death penalty. Screenshot from FLAG position paper "Based on the income levels of death inmates, 73.1% of the death inmates were poor, 8.2% belonged to the middle class, while only 0.8% belonged to the upper class," said Diokno.
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