Philippine Jurisprudence on the Death Penalty

I. Philippine Cases:
a. People of the Philippines v. Julio Guillen, G.R. No. L-1477, 18 January
1950.
i. The first instance when the death penalty was carried out after
the colonial period.
b. Cases which held that the Death Penalty is not a cruel, unjust, excessive,
or unusual:
i. Harden v. Director of Prisons, 81 Phil. 741 (1948).
ii. People v. Limaco, 88 Phil 36 (1951).
iii. People v. Camano, 115 SCRA 688 (1982).
iv. People v. Puda, 133 SCRA 1 (1984).
v. People v. Marcos, 147 SCRA 204 (1987).
vi. People v. Veneracion, 249 SCRA 246 (1995).
c. People of the Philippines v. Rafael Lacson, G.R. No. L-18188, 13
February 1961.
d. People v. Estoista, G.R. No. L-5793, 27 August 1953.
e. People v. Munoz, G.R. No. L-38969-70, 9 February 1989.
Cess f. People of the Philippines v. Gomez, G.R. No. L-28232, 6 February 1971.
i. The accused which allowed the triple execution of the abductors
and rapists of young actress Maggie dela Riva. The state ordered
that the executions be broadcast on national television.
g. People of the Philippines v. Leo Echegaray, G.R. No. 117472, 25 June
1996.
Cess h. People of the Philippines v. Leo Echegaray, G.R. No. 117472, 7 February
1997.
i. Case affirming the constitutionality of R.A. No. 7659, otherwise
known as the Death Penalty Law.
i. People of the Philippines v. Mercado, G.R. No. 116239, 29 November
2000.
i. On why the reimposition
Text of the death penalty does not violate
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
j. People v. Alicando, G.R. No. 117487, 12 December 1995. See Justice
Kapunans Dissent.
Cess k. People of the Philippines v. Alex Bartolome, G.R. No. 129054, 29
September 1998.
i. The accused in this case was the last convict to be executed in
the Philippines on 4 January 2000.
l. People of the Philippines v. Jose Villanueva, G.R. No. 146464-67, 15
November 2002.
m. People v. Mateo, G.R. No. 147678-87, 7 July 2004.
n. People v. Alfredo Bon, G.R. No. 166401, 30 October 2006.