THE Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights will resume its hearings on a proposal to revive death penalty in the country only after the Department of Justice (DoJ) submits its legal opinion on the matter.

Senator Richard Gordon, committee chairman, suspended last Friday’s hearing on the death penalty bill after the issue of ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) was raised there.

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