THE House of Representatives Committee on Justice approved on Wednesday a bill seeking to reinstate the death penalty on “heinous crimes,” sending the measure to the plenary for deliberations.

The committee voted 12-6 with one abstention to pass the substitute death penalty bill, a consolidated version of six measures approved last week by the House Justice Sub-Committee on Judicial Reforms.

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