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| 20,000 more deserving of pardon |
| By Philippine Daily Inquirer |
| Published: 10/10/2008 |
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PHILLIPINES - Twenty percent of some 20,000 inmates of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City are more deserving of executive clemency than convicted murderer Claudio Teehankee Jr., according to the chaplain of the state penitentiary. But “qualipaid” convicts like Teehankee are given priority over qualified prisoners, Msgr. Robert Olaguer told the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Wednesday. He defined “qualipaid” convicts as those with sufficient money and connections to have their applications for clemency processed quickly, and said the term was “actually coined by prisoners who had grown tired of waiting for their pardon.” “Yes. There are at least 4,000 inmates who are more worthy and qualified to be released than Mr. Teehankee,” Olaguer said in reply to a question posed by the Inquirer. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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