FACT CHECK: Death penalty not yet approved in Senate

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: The claim was made in the title of a YouTube video posted on July 30 which has 61,611 views, 3,500 likes, and 1,068 comments as of writing. The channel that posted the video has 741,000 subscribers and has been fact-checked by Rappler multiple times.JUST IN : GOODNEWS! PRES BBM DEATH PENALTY APRUBADO SENATE Atty.ACOSTA SEN ROBIN BATO VPSARA FPRRD”The death penalty has not been approved in the Senate of the Philippines.

During the American colonial period, the electric chair was introduced as an execution method. Following the country’s independence in 1946, six presidents oversaw executions during their terms, namely: Elpidio Quirino , Ramon Magsaysay , Carlos Garcia , Diosdado Macapagal , Ferdinand E. Marcos , and Joseph Estrada .

Under the administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the sentences of over 1,230 death row inmates were commuted on April 15, 2006, marking the largest number of commutations ever recorded by Amnesty International. Subsequently, Republic Act 9346 was signed on June 24, 2006, abolishing the death penalty in the Philippines and replacing it with life imprisonment and reclusion perpetua.

Leo Echegaray was the last person to be executed in the Philippines through lethal injection in 1999 for the rape of 10-year-old Rodessa Echegaray.Keep us aware of suspicious Facebook pages, groups, accounts, websites, articles, or photos in your network by contacting us at factcheck@rappler.com. You may also report dubious claims to

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