Supreme Court acquits Webb, et al

[kenites]

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ang hinongdan sa tanan "money, money, money"

Mao man jud ni ato mentality no basta naa kwarta ang maka daug mo ingon dayon ta nga gibayran..
ngano gipa abot or nag antos pa jud 15 years nga mabayran ra man diay ang justice..
anywayz, any evidence sa imo claim?

[FranZeno]

Mao man jud ni ato mentality no basta naa kwarta ang maka daug mo ingon dayon ta nga gibayran..
ngano gipa abot or nag antos pa jud 15 years nga mabayran ra man diay ang justice..
anywayz, any evidence sa imo claim?

mao jud..unsa na "rich inferiority"? haha!

maybe nk.ingon sila ana ky kung sila sd naay kwarta ila ra sd bayran..so no wonder kung mdatu na sila, ila ra sd bayran ang justice..mubayad mn gani mo og sitom kng naa moy 50 sa pitaka, unsa nlng kaha kng milyonaryo na mo..

[RMK711]

mao jud..unsa na "rich inferiority"? haha!

maybe nk.ingon sila ana ky kung sila sd naay kwarta ila ra sd bayran..so no wonder kung mdatu na sila, ila ra sd bayran ang justice..mubayad mn gani mo og sitom kng naa moy 50 sa pitaka, unsa nlng kaha kng milyonaryo na mo..

Does not mean nga just because 15 years nagantos ang convict, wala nay bayaran. Just think that he was supposed to serve a sentence much longer than that, but because he was acquitted, he only served 15. That's what you should focus on. The fact that it took 15 years is more a symptom of the slow justice system we have, and probably due to the defense itself which took its time with 8 cross-examinations of the chief witness.

It's the same with Carlos Garcia. Just because he has served 6 years, does not mean the recent plea-bargain deal is clean and that no bribery has happened. I just want to ask, to those Supreme Court supporters, what would explain your lack of awareness of how bad our court system is? I must assume that none of you have ever filed a case in court because nobody can be that ignorant of the stench of our justice system if they've had any encounters with it.

[FranZeno]

Does not mean nga just because 15 years nagantos ang convict, wala nay bayaran. Just think that he was supposed to serve a sentence much longer than that, but because he was acquitted, he only served 15. That's what you should focus on. The fact that it took 15 years is more a symptom of the slow justice system we have, and probably due to the defense itself which took its time with 8 cross-examinations of the chief witness.

It's the same with Carlos Garcia. Just because he has served 6 years, does not mean the recent plea-bargain deal is clean and that no bribery has happened. I just want to ask, to those Supreme Court supporters, what would explain your lack of awareness of how bad our court system is? I must assume that none of you have ever filed a case in court because nobody can be that ignorant of the stench of our justice system if they've had any encounters with it.

this should have been the focus of the discussion, justice is slow and not because Webb was acquitted because he paid money or because they were rich or very influential..if he did pay money then the En Banc's conclusion should have been "acquitted because of payment"..yeah, maybe they did pay money, but the SC's decision is crystal clear, the prosecution failed to show a credible witness in Alfaro..even ordinary citizens can see that Alfaro was an epic fail in her testimony..

[RMK711]

this should have been the focus of the discussion, justice is slow and not because Webb was acquitted because he paid money or because they were rich or very influential..if he did pay money then the En Banc's conclusion should have been "acquitted because of payment"..yeah, maybe they did pay money, but the SC's decision is crystal clear, the prosecution failed to show a credible witness in Alfaro..even ordinary citizens can see that Alfaro was an epic fail in her testimony..

Well that's the kind of thing that's just the subject of discussions isn't it. Sometimes you can't prove that something is so, but you just know it based on first-hand experience of the justice system. Just like we can tell something is fishy with the ombudsman's deal with Carlos Garcia, and just like we can tell something is fishy when Imelda was convicted but upon the SECOND motion for consideration, the Supreme Court acquitted her. Their decision being crystal clear is a matter of opinion, I would say that it isn't, for the simple reason that they violated many of their own rules and completely broke with past jurisprudence dealing with the exact same circumstances.

The hallmark of a good justice system is stability, but our Supreme Court frequently flip-flops on its jurisprudence leading to what investors call confused uncertainty. Instead of being a credible institution founded on a bedrock of stability, the Supreme Court is a brokerage house for the bank accounts of the corrupt judges and is founded on the shifting sands of under the table dealmaking, particularly in cases involving political questions but also in high-profile criminal cases where the accused are extremely rich. This is why investors hate our country and we have the lowest foreign direct investment among Asean countries, second only to Burma. Our justice system creates unpredictable uncertainty, you can't rely on past jurisprudence and rules of court because the Supreme Court changes it at its whim, without due regard to its reputation as an institution. Thats because our judges don't care about their reputations, only their pockets.

[ju-Luis]

nabasa nko ang desisyon sa Supreme Court. the ponente, justice roberto abad, gi-tira niya tanan testimonial evidences sa mga witnesses for the prosecution. hinuon sad gyd, the prosecution has the weakest evidence. hinumduman lang sad nato na na-acquit si webb not because di gyud siya ang nag-buhat sa crime, pero ang evidence na gi-present sa prosecution was not enough to convict him beyong reasonable doubt. if wa pa siguro to naguba ang mga ebidensya ni spo1 biong, wa ta kahibaw basin guilty gyd to webb et.al. beyong reasonble doubt.

[azinec]

mao ni point gi ingon sa SC spokesmna nga si Midas Marquez. Webb et al may have been acquitted but it does not necessarily mean that they were innocent. evidence was just not enough to the prove that they were guilty BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT.

[punisher23]

ang money money man gyud ang hinungdan ba..if walay under the table, asa ka buhi

[itzurisen]

mao ni point gi ingon sa SC spokesmna nga si Midas Marquez. Webb et al may have been acquitted but it does not necessarily mean that they were innocent. evidence was just not enough to the prove that they were guilty BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT.

i think this says it all...U

[AnInO]

ang hinongdan sa tanan "money, money, money"

sorry money had nothing to do with this...

money is neutral...ang hinungdan ani ang tao ra gyud...