The document discusses the history of the death penalty in the Philippines, including: - The 1987 constitution abolished capital punishment and commuted over 500 death sentences from martial law. - In 1992, President Ramos wanted to restore the death penalty but Congress did not take action. - In 1996, lethal injection was mandated for death sentences and the first execution by this method occurred in 1999. - In 2000, President Arroyo signed legislation again abolishing the death penalty.

1. Ivan Nillos Death Penalty in the Philippines

2. Crime Rate by Area and by Type of Crime per 100,000 population

3. Murder Homicide Physical Injury Robbery Theft Rape Index Crimes

4. Forgery Counterfeiting Fraud Embezzlement Vandalism Prostitution Driving under the influence Non-Index Crimes

5. Manslaughter - 2,592 Murders - 6,553 Murders committed by youths - 3,252 Software piracy rate - 69% Crimes in 2010

6. Zero crime rate

7. The 1987 Constitution abolished capital punishment. Over 500 death sentences handed down by the military tribunals during the martial law period were commuted. The Philippines became the first Asian country to abolish death penalty for all crimes. 1987

8. Former President Fidel Ramos declared that his administration would regard the restoration of the death penalty a legislative priority, and urged Congress to take action. 1992

9. Republic Act No. 8177, which mandates that a death sentence shall be carried out through lethal injection March 20, 1996

10. Leo Echegaray was executed by lethal injection He was the first to be executed after the Philippines restored death penalty February 5, 1999

11. Estrada imposed a de facto moratorium in observance of the Christian Jubilee Year. He also granted 108 Executive Clemencies to death convicts March 24, 2000

12. The former President GMA, has signed legislation abolishing the death penalty. Abolishing Death Penalty

13. Using it on high ranking officials guilty of corruption as to instill fear to the politicians. It will increase our budget by reducing its cost on prisoners Death Penalty is not a cruel and barbaric punishment Death Penalty should be reimposed

14. Philippines was not listed in the top 50 countries. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence. Crime Rate with and without Death Penalty

15. What if Death Penalty wasn’t abolished?

16. I believe that death penalty should be reimposed because it will serve as example to other would-be criminals, to deter them from committing murder or terrorist acts. The criminals must be punish for their act and obtain retribution on behalf of the victims. …