3.5.2. Possibility That the Courts Might Wrongfully Sentence People
Accused of a Crime
Three
in
five
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are
concerned
sentencing
are
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of
people
certain
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that
they
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an
not
innocent
accused of a crime:
person:
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68% agree, and 15% disagree, that, “The
very
death
penalty
imposed
if the courts
possible
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of doing
that
sentence
a
crime”,
net
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the
courts
people
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in
five
say
that
the
death
of 40%
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who
strongly
agree
and
who somewhat agree.
ATTITUDES ON WRONGFUL EXECUTION BY THE COURTS,
PHILIPPINES, MAR 2018
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