CAPITAL

PUNISHMENT
BY MON KELLY MAHTMA C. DE CASTILLA
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Execution of an offender sentenced to

death after conviction by a court of law.
 EXECUTION METHODS

BEHEADING ELECTROCUTION HANGING

LETHAL INJECTION SHOOTING

AT LEAST 28,670 PERSONS
579 EXECUTIONS
18 COUNTRIES
 RA 7659
1987
An act to impose the death penalty on
PHILIPPINE
certain heinous crimes, amending for
HISTORY
CONSTITUTION that purpose the revised penal laws, as
amended, other special penal laws, and
for other purposes.

RA 9346 BILL NO. 4727

An act prohibiting the imposition of "Death Penalty Law" which seeks to
death penalty in the Philippines reinstate the punishment of death for
drug-related heinous crimes
1987
CONSTITUTION
"The death penalty shall not be imposed unless for compelling reasons involving
heinous crimes, the Congress hereafter provides for it. Any death penalty already
imposed shall be reduced to reclusion perpetua."
 RA 7659
President Ramos' Administration re-imposed the The Law listed a total of 46 crimes punishable by
death penalty under this Republic Act adopted by death.
Congress

Over the years, a number of new Republic Acts

30 out of 52 capital offenses were death-
and amendments to existing ones further defined
mandatory and 22 were death-eligible
those acts punishable by death resulting in 52
capital offenses
 RA 9346
"The imposition of the penalty of death is hereby prohibited. Accordingly, Republic Act
8177, otherwise known as the Act Designating Death by Lethal Injection is hereby
repealed, Republic Act No. 7659, otherwise known as the Death Penalty Law, and all
other laws, executive orders and decrees, insofar as they impose the death penalty are
hereby repealed or amended accordingly."
 BILL NO. 4727
House of Representatives overwhelming passed The bill however, remained stalled in the state for
this bill on reinstatement of the death penalty for the following months due to the lack of support
drug-related "heinous" crimes. from Senators.

On May 2019, Senators from Duterte's party

Other attempts were made again in 2020 then on
relaunched the pro-death penalty yet it became
March 2021, the House of Representatives
unsuccessful again.
adopted House Bill No. 7814.
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CHURCH'S OPPOSITION TO
DEATH PENALTY

VIOLATES THE
INHERENT IRREVOCABLE UNFAIRLY
DIGNITY OF A APPLIED
PERSON
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THANK YOU!