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Echegaray vs Sec of Justice [SEPARATE OPINION, VITUG, J.]

LEO ECHEGARAY, petitioner vs. SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, ET AL., respondents. [SEPARATE OPINION, VITUG, J.]

G.R. No. 132601 | 1999-01-19

SEPARATE OPINION 

VITUG, J.:


Let me state at the outset that I have humbly maintained that Republic Act No. 7659, insofar as it prescribes the death penalty, falls short of the strict norm set forth by the Constitution. I am some of my brethren on the Court, who hold similarly, have consistently expressed this stand I the affirmance by the Court of death sentences imposed by Regional Trial Courts. 

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