The early release of hundreds of convicted rapists, murderers and drug criminals...
MANILA - The early release of hundreds of convicted rapists, murderers and drug criminals has acutely embarrassed Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, with his justice minister saying they were ineligible to be freed because of the severity of their crimes.
Among those freed are 745 convicted rapists, 748 murderers and 156 drug criminals, according to an internal prisons document, obtained by Reuters, that names all of the prisoners guilty of crimes categorized as “heinous”. The bureau denies the allegations of graft. One of its former chiefs has said that he did not know the justice minister’s approval was needed for the prisoners to be released.
“This is really a serious indictment of any campaign against graft and corruption when people, who are now convicted of heinous crimes, are just being released without the knowledge of the public,” Lagman told Reuters.The Good Conduct Time Allowance Law was passed under Duterte’s predecessor in 2013 to encourage rehabilitation, and de-congest some of the world’s most crowded jails.
Dela Rosa, a former police chief who led Duterte’s war on drugs, said only one of those freed was a drugs offender. Prison documents seen by Reuters, however, show 16 drug criminals were released while he was prisons chief.He is advocating reinstating capital punishment, which he said made more sense than a good conduct programs.
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