In Defense of the Right to Life: Analyzing Factors Affecting Filipino Opinion About Death Penalty Annex A – Tables IV. Tables Table 1. Filipino Public Opinion on the Death Penalty, 1991 to 2017 a SA SW SW D SD b People convicted of murder should be subject to the death penalty July 1991 November 1992 April 1993 UN D 12 16 20 47 48 51 18 18 13 20 14 15 3 4 2 For heinous crimes, death penalty is the proper sentence November 1998 57 24 9 5 4 President Estrada is right in lessening to life imprisonment the punishment for the 105 prisoners who at present are already sentenced to the death penalty. January 2001 19 18 26 11 20 The government’s policy to avoid implementing the death penalty on those already sentenced to death is right 2004 24 22 19 15 19 Reimposition of death penalty for heinous crimes like murder, rape and selling of drugs June 2016 57 17 8 6 12 a Data from nationwide surveys conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS) b SA = strongly agree, SWA = somewhat agree, UND = undecided, SWD = somewhat disagree, SD = strongly disagree Page 18 of 34 22