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
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. …
