VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO death penalty imposed on employer of domestic worker
A video on YouTube is falsely claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos and the Senate sentenced France Ruiz, employer of Elvie Vergara, to death by hanging.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Death penalty NOT reinstated
Two YouTube videos wrongly claimed that President Bongbong Marcos and the Senate have approved the reinstatement of the death penalty.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pagpayag ni Dela Rosa na bitayin dahil sa mga pagpatay na may kinalaman sa droga walang basehan
Bilang tugon sa mga natuklasan kamakailan ni forensic pathology expert Dr. Raquel Fortun na nakadiskubre ng mga hindi pagkakatugma sa mga ulat sa autopsy ng mga biktima ng drug war, sinabi ni Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa na handa siyang bitayin kung mahatulan siya ng lokal na hukuman para sa anumang maling gawain. Wala itong basehan.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Dela Rosa’s willingness to be hanged over drug-related killings has no basis
A Philippine court cannot sentence him to hanging because the country already outlawed the death penalty on June 24, 2006 when then-president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Republic Act 9346. This outlawed capital punishment in the country, which was previously allowed and carried out through lethal injection.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bato Dela Rosa’s shifting stance on ‘punishment’ for drug users
In a span of four years, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa went from supporting the death penalty for all illegal drug offenders as director-general of the Bureau of Corrections to proposing rehabilitation for users. Now, the former Philippine National Police chief says he has “second thoughts” about his own measure.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ang nagbabagong paninindigan ni Bato Dela Rosa sa ‘parusa’ sa mga gumagamit ng droga
Sa loob ng apat na taon, nagbago ang pananaw ni Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa tungkol sa pagtrato sa mga illegal drug offender. Bilang director-general ng Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), sinuportahan niya ang parusang kamatayan para sa lahat ng mga nagkasala kaugnay ng ilegal na droga hanggang kanyang iminungkahi ang rehabilitasyon para sa mga gumagamit. Ngayon, sinabi ng dating Philippine National Police (PNP) chief na “nagdadalawang isip” siya tungkol sa sarili niyang panukala.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sen. Bato Dela Rosa falsely claims that lethal injection is the ‘universally accepted mode’ of death penalty
In pushing for a bill that reinstates the death penalty for large-scale illegal drug trafficking, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa claimed that lethal injection is the “universally accepted” method of capital punishment. This is wrong.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sen. Bato Dela Rosa hindi totoo ang sinabi na ang lethal injection ay ang ‘universally accepted mode’ ng parusang kamatayan
Sa pagsusulong ng panukalang batas na magbabalik ng parusang kamatayan para sa malakihang ilegal na trafficking ng droga, sinabi ni Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa na ang lethal injection ay ang “universally accepted” na paraan ng parusang kamatayan. Mali ito.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: This photo shows convicts, NOT ‘corrupt politicians’ in China
Eleven of the 26 prisoners in the image were later executed for various crimes.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: MISLEADING 2019 post on death penalty for rape revived
The claims made about the death penalty for the crime of rape in five nations, four of them Islamic, need context.
