FactCheck: There is no death penalty in the Philippines and Duterte did not mention imposing such on Nuezca.
"I reiterate the swift passage of a law reviving the death penalty by lethal injection for crimes specified under the Comprehensive Dangerous [Drugs] Act of 2002... This law will not only help us deter criminality but also save our children from the dangers posed by illegal and dangerous drugs," Duterte had said.on December 21, but he did not mention the death penalty. He urged the Philippine National Police to"be sure that he is detained.
He was also asked about the status of the bill he filed in the Senate, which aims to impose the death penalty on certain crimes."Bills filed in the Senate aiming to impose the death penalty on certain crimes remain pending in the committee.during the wake of Nuezca's victims, Sonya and Frank Gregorio.