The law should clarify unclear provisions on heinous crimes and spell out disqualifying acts to encourage sustained good.
MANILA, Philippines – The retroactive good conduct time allowance law would have potentially granted freedom to 11,000 inmates in penal colonies around the country, but their release may be put on hold.processing procedures owing to confusion that arose from the case of convicted murderer and rapist Antonio Sanchez.an inmate's sentence if there is sustained good behavior.
about excluding heinous crimes from good conduct time allowance. What it is clear about only is this: those who committed heinous crimes cannot avail of a"credit of preventive imprisonment" or CPI. Preventive imprisonment refers to the pre-conviction jail time of persons charged with a non-bailable offense or the period a person stays in jail because he is unable to post bail. CPI refers to the time credit for preventive imprisonment.
" did not touch the definition of what heinous crimes are. Neither did it repeal the enumeration. That is part of the work of the task force. To reconcile all these laws," Perete said. Instead, De Lima suggested that the guidelines be revised so that there are certain bad behavior that can disqualify an inmate from ever availing of GCTA.
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