The Supreme Court overturns another Duterte-era policy, and rules persons convicted of heinous crimes are still entitled to the Good Conduct Time Allowance.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/supreme-court-ruling-heinous-crimes-convicts-can-get-good-conduct-time-allowance/
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00:00 The Supreme Court overturns another Duterte-era policy and rules persons convicted of heinous
00:06 crimes are still entitled to the good conduct time allowance
00:09 The Assembly on Bank rules the Justice Department exceeded its power of subordinate legislation
00:15 when it excluded persons convicted of heinous crimes from benefiting from the GCTA law
00:21 The GCTA law was quietly made retroactive in June 2019, which was why thousands of longtime
00:26 convicts serving their sentences were lined up to be released early
00:31 One of the beneficiaries set to be released in 2019 was the late convicted murderer and
00:36 rapist Antonio Sanchez
00:38 Former President Rodrigo Duterte appeased public outrage by calling on all GCTA-released
00:43 heinous crime convicts to return to prison
00:46 Then DOJ Secretary Menardo Guevara amended the law's IRR to exclude persons convicted
00:52 of heinous crimes from the benefits
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