{"id":5878,"date":"2020-01-09T17:33:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T06:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=5878"},"modified":"2020-01-09T17:35:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T06:35:29","slug":"former-mayor-and-other-inmates-to-get-out-of-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=5878","title":{"rendered":"Former mayor and other inmates to get out of prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As seen on the September issue of The Philippine Sentinel<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2501<\/strong> The former Mayor of Calauan, Laguna Antonio Sanchez may be released soon, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra announced. Sanchez is the convicted rapist and murderer of two University of the Philippines Los Ba\u00f1os students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During his trial, Sanchez repeatedly said that his devotion to \u201cMama Mary would spare him from jail.\u201d He is currently serving 7 terms of reclusion perpetua (40 years) or a total of 280 years behind bars.

\u201cMayor Sanchez\u2019s good conduct time allowance (GCTA) is being recomputed pursuant to the new law and a recent Supreme Court ruling,\u201d Guevarra said.

Guevarra however clarified that not only Sanchez but over 10,000 inmates would benefit from Republic Act 10592 or the law that increased the Good Conduct Time Allowance given to inmates. The GCTA provides additional time to be deducted from an inmate\u2019s prison sentence as a reward for his or her good behaviour.

RA 10592 expanded the application of good conduct time allowance for prisoners even during preventive suspension, increased the number of days for GCTA, allowed additional deduction of 15 days each month of time allowance for study, teaching or mentoring service and expanded the special time allowance for loyalty even during preventive suspension.

The Supreme Court last June said that the application should have a retroactive effect to cover inmates convicted prior to the enactment of the law.

Guevarra said the additional GCTA would be \u201cbeneficial to all persons under detention.\u201d Sen. Bato de la Rosa said Sanchez deserves a second chance.

\u201cThe application of the law is not only prospective but also retroactive so that it benefits all those in jail and that includes former Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez,\u201d Guevarra added. Based on the recomputation, Sanchez may have to be released. But PH President Duterte disagrees with release of Sanchez.

The DOJ Chief and the Bureau of Corrections are doing the recomputation of the inmates\u2019 GCTA.

\u201cThere are thousands of those inmates. Therefore, many GCTA of inmates are under review. Within the next two months, thousands of persons under detention would be released,\u201d Guevarra said.

Sanchez was meted with seven terms of reclusion perpetua (up to 280 years imprisonment) for the rape and murder of Eileen Sarmenta<\/strong> and killing of her boyfriend Allan Gomez<\/strong>.

In affirming the Pasig City Regional Trial Court\u2019s ruling against Sanchez, the high court described the death of Sarmenta and Gomez as a \u201cplot seemingly hatched in hell.\u201d

Sarmenta was given as a \u201cgift\u201d to Sanchez while her companion was beaten and eventually shot to death. Witnesses who were members of Sanchez\u2019 security team testified that after the former mayor raped the student, she was passed on to his guards who gang raped her.

When asked about a possible backlash, Guevarra said the law enacted by Congress and a Supreme Court decision is simply being implemented.

\u201cWhether they are high profile or ordinary inmates, they will all benefit from the law,\u201d Guevarra said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(SOURCE: inquirer.net) <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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