Overview of Proposed Bills to Re-impose the
Death Penalty
House
Bill
No.
4727
the
carjacking, drug trafficking, cultivation
re-introduction of the death penalty in
of narcotic plants, child trafficking, and
the
the production of child pornography or
Philippines
offenses
proposes
for
particularly
dangerous
drugs,
administration,
drug-related
importation
the
of
sale,
trading,
dispensation,
delivery,
distribution
or
transportation
dangerous
drugs,
maintenance
child prostitution.
Proponents of House
of
the Senate
of a
the
because
of
dangerous
culture
drugs,
of
plants
Bills that reintroduction
death
drug “den, dive or resort,” manufacture
cultivation
or
the
classified
as
abolished
Bill No. 4727 and
penalty
while
is
Article
permissible
Ill, Section
Philippine
1987
death
of
19 of
Constitution
penalty,
it
also
dangerous drugs, criminal liability of a
includes a reference to the possibility
public
of its reintroduction
officer
or
misappropriation,
employee
for
misapplication,
or
by
Congress
for
“compelling reasons involving heinous
failure to account for the confiscated,
crimes.”
seized and/or surrendered dangerous
drugs, and criminal liability for planting
Findings
evidence concerning illegal drugs.
proposition
The
In the
Senate,
tabled.
a
variety
Proponents
of
Bills
seek
of the
study
is completely
reintroduction
are
penalty in any form
the
will
expose
show
of
that
this
untenable.
the
death
in the Philippines
the
Philippines
to
reintroduction of the death penalty for
international ridicule and criticism as it
crimes
breaches
numerous
international
law, including
including
treason,
kidnapping,
robbery
with
intimidation,
aggravated
piracy,
violence
rape,
or
arson,
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rules
of
rules that