Heinous crimes convicts entitled to good conduct time allowance —SC

Persons convicted of heinous crimes are entitled to benefit from the law that shortens the prison terms of inmates through the good conduct time allowance (GCTA), the Supreme Court (SC) said.

Persons convicted of heinous crimes are entitled to benefit from the law that shortens the prison terms of inmates through the good conduct time allowance , the Supreme Court said.In a decision penned by Associate Justice Maria Filomena Singh, the high court said the Department of Justice "exceeded its power of subordinate legislation" when it excluded persons convicted of heinous crimes from the benefits of Republic Act No. 10592 or the New GCTA law.

The court said the law itself did not do so."In finding the assailed provisions of the 2019 IRR invalid, the En Banc held that when R.A. No.

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