Forensic DNA evidence and the death penalty in the Philippines

• Main Authors: De Ungria, Maria Corazon A., Sagum, M. S., Calacal, G C., Delfin, F. C., Tabbada, K. A., Dalet, M. R. M., Te, T. O., Diokno, J. I., Diokno, M. S. I., Asplen, C. A.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Capital punishment—Philippines; Forensic genetics—Philippines; Criminal Law
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/5173
• Institution: De La Salle University

The death penalty remains a contentious issue even though it has been abolished in countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, European Union member nations and some Asian countries such as Cambodia, East Timor and Nepal. Many argue that the irrevocability of the death penalty, in the face of...