Paco Larranaga off to Spain...

[cebulifer]

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blame the spanish! colonialism gihapon ni!

[LytSlpr]

Half-Spaniard Half-Filipino man si Paco. Basin half sa sentence diri, half sa sentence sa Espana!

I know some of the people who testified on Paco's behalf saying he was with them in Manila. Some are very close family friends, people I grew up with. To this day they insist that Paco was indeed with them at a party in Manila and I have absolutely no reason to believe they would lie in open court, or even to me privately.

Unfortunately, the crime for which they were charged was supposedly a conspiracy. The fault of one is the fault of all. Conversely, if one is shown to be not guilty, then none of the accused are guilty. Had Paco been exonerated, it would've meant Jusman Aznar and copmany would also have to be let go. Public opinion would never have stood for that.

LytSlpr is probably right about their conviction being a case of the tail wagging the dog.

I've heard other stories about who the mastermind was, who the real perpetrators were, what the real motives were and why the ones who ended up behind bars were targeted. They seem to tie up loose ends very nicely. But then again, these are just stories and would never stand up in court.

Personally, I have no interest in the case. I understand the ones who were jailed were no angels and deserved to be put away (although not necessarily for life) for sins committed in the past.

I couldn't have said it any better.

When that case was tried, if Paco was not proven guilty then the entire case would crumble like a house of cards.

It's good to know that somebody here knows the "real score" about the case. Yes, Paco was no angel but it is also not right to put an innocent man in jail.

What I don't understand is why are people questioning the very same wheel of justice that convicted Paco and is the very same system that will send him to Spain? I just could not get the point.

Mosalig ra di'ay ta sa hustisya kung pabor nato pirme?

[batigol192002]

Imagine that the president of the Philippines is looking to the Department of Justice to explain her decision allowing the transfer to a jail in Spain of convict Francisco Juan “Paco” Larrañaga, one of those tried for the abduction, rape and killing of sisters Jacqueline and Marijoy Chiong in Cebu City in l997!
In a country like ours (as in banana republics) the president has great powers and whatever her cabinet secretaries do cannot be done without the President’s at least tacit approval. In something like this, where clearly another rich man’s son is being treated like a rich man’s son, clearly it could not even have been started without the President being involved from Day One. In fact, she probably started the process.

Yet, deputy presidential spokesman Anthony Golez pretends that he is not sure if Malacañang could still reverse the supposed purely DOJ decision. Golez says that the government wants “to make sure that all efforts are within the legal bounds” and that “the DOJ will answer the issue as soon as possible.”

Golez barefacedly denies that Malacañang had a hand in the decision to move Larrañaga’s service of prison term to Spain based on the Philippine-Spain Transfer of Sentenced Persons Agreement.

Larrañaga is a Spanish citizen and is part of the most prominent political family in Cebu (where Gloria’s winning cemented her win over FPJ in 2004) – the Osmeñas.

-- Ducky Paredes

[iceweb]

let money work

[KASAAC]

obviously mura rana siya magbakasyon didto sa spain kay spanish mana siya...hayst
kiat lang nawong aning GMA

[cebulifer]

why are you blaming gloria? this treaty was signed sa erap administration. GMA cannot renege on this treaty. we have the same treaties with china and hongkong. blame the senators for not putting provisions on the treaty na limited to minor crimes lang. not for murder or crimes that carry life sentences.

[batigol192002]

ang resulta ani, murag 2nd class ra ang pinoy?

[estor_boot]

why are you blaming gloria? this treaty was signed sa erap administration. GMA cannot renege on this treaty. we have the same treaties with china and hongkong. blame the senators for not putting provisions on the treaty na limited to minor crimes lang. not for murder or crimes that carry life sentences.

LOL! die hard gloria fan..

question: during whose presidency did the death penalty was passed into law?
and kinsa may nagtangtang?

that illustrates the power of the executive.

[Tarmac]

I couldn't have said it any better.

When that case was tried, if Paco was not proven guilty then the entire case would crumble like a house of cards.

It's good to know that somebody here knows the "real score" about the case. Yes, Paco was no angel but it is also not right to put an innocent man in jail.

The public and the Supreme Court have already decided Paco Larranaga is guilty of the rape-murder. All this public indignation over his impending transfer is rooted in that.

The Chiong sisters case is worthy of a Truman Capote suspense novel, but the story behind the story may never be known.

And if Paco is indeed innocent, that would be one of the few times where someone from the elite strata of society has been put behind bars for a crime committed by someone else. Unless of course the real perpetrators occupy an even higher strata.

And if Paco is indeed innocent, then not only has an injustice been committed upon him but the Chiong family as well. For the real perpetrators may still be out there.


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[DEMONOCIETY]

maayo lagi unta tong death penalty pero saon gitangtang man pero mao ra ghapon istoryaha ky ang kriminal sa ato d man mahadlok ug death penalty? mura man hinoon ganahan motilaw ug lethal injection?

BTT:
kahayahay jud diay aning mga kanahana? pero paminaw nko d siguro ni madayon padako lang siguro sa istorya para halinon ang balita? ambot lang pud