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that Pemberton did not deserve to be released before he had served his sentence, noting that Laude’s death personified the death of Philippine sovereignty.
Pemberton’s early release was based on an order issued by Olongapo Regional Trial Court Presiding Judge Roline M. Ginez-Jabalde, citing that the US serviceman had completed his jail sentence factoring in the reduced time allowed under the good conduct time allowance .questioned this — noting that the GCTA scheme was suspended after anomalies came out in the implementation of the GCTA, including the possible release of heinous crime convicts.
Earlier, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. revealed that Duterte had already pardoned Pemberton.did not change the fact that Pemberton had been convicted for killing Laude.
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