The country was aghast when reports came in that
convicted felon former Mayor Antonio Sanchez would be released based on good
conduct base from the good conduct time
allowance (GCTA) law as provided by Republic Act No. 10592 was signed into law
in 2013,
Little that we know based from the records of the
Bureau of Corrections there were a total of 1,914 convicts for heinous crimes
were among the 22,049 prisoners who were released from jail after their GCTAs
were recomputed.
Of these numbers, majority were convicts for
murder (797) and rape (758). Others were robbery with violence (274), violation
of the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 (48), parricide (29), kidnapping with
illegal detention (5) and destructive arson (3), according to BuCor legal
division chief Frederic Anthony Santos.
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| New Bilibid prisons in Muntinlupa City (photo credit to owner) |
A joint committee was
created, which is composed of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of
the Interior and Local Government (DILG) which is presently reviewing the implementing rules and regulations of
RA 10592, which amends the Revised Penal Code articles on the application of
GCTA, among others.
The processing and
recomputation of GCTA (RA 10592) would be suspended during the 10-day review.
Among the
issues to be resolved was whether those convicted of heinous crimes were
eligible for GCTA.
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