What is the appropriate punishment for heinous crimes?
• According to Philippine law (RA 7659), depending on the type of heinous crime committed, the appropriate punishment is either necessarily death / or possibly death. • In Philippine law, 46 crimes are called heinous. • For 21 of these crimes, the death penalty is mandatory. • For 25 of these crimes, the death penalty may be imposed. • There have been proposals to add more crimes to this list. 16. Is use of the death penalty for very grave crimes accepted in all countries of the world? • No. Today, 104 countries of the world, the majority, reject the death penalty. • 63 countries abolished the death penalty for all crimes. • 16 countries abolished the death penalty for all but exceptional crimes (wartime crimes). • 25 countries abolished the death penalty de facto. They retain the law in their statutes, but in the past ten years they executed no person. • 91 other countries, including the Philippines, retain and use the death penalty. 17. Is the death penalty in the Philippines constit
