Statement of Commissioner Karen S. Gomez-Dumpit, Focal Commissioner on Anti-Death Penalty, on Senator Panfilo Lacson and Senator Vicente Sotto III’s Withdrawal of Support for Death Penalty
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) welcomes the pronouncement of Senator Panfilo Lacson and Senator Vicente Sotto III abandoning support for the death penalty in the country. Both senators previously authored bills seeking the reimposition of death penalty. Senators Lacson and Sotto cite the possibility of ending the life of an innocent person as the […]