SENATORS from the majority and minority bloc strongly opposed the proposal to reinstate the death penalty, noting that there has been no empirical evidence to show that capital punishment is an effective deterrent to the commission of crime.
There are at least five bills seeking to reimpose death penalty that the Senate committee on justice and human rights chaired by Sen. Richard Gordon is set to tackle this week.
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