Some have their lovers on the side all through the marriage.

They don’t listen. They aren’t thinking with their heads

It is very hard. Firstly, the person is the age of your father. Unless you have ‘daddy complex’ it feels wierd. Second, what do you talk about? Take a man of fifty… he can sit and discuss incidents that happened forty years ago which impacted his life. She wasn’t alive, she doesn’t know… So talk about what?

Any society has a right to defend and preserve itself under the Principle of Self-Defense. If there is such thing as self-defense on the individual level in order to protect and preserve one’s life or one’s honor, such a thing or right likewise exists for any society, state, nation or government.

It is the duty of any government to protect its citizens from any lawless elements or crimes in general for that matter. This is the precise reasons why there is the concept of Law and Order, why there is Law Enforcement in order to preserve Peace and Order in society.

Without any Law and Order, there will be Lawlessness or Anarchy in society which in the end will result in the destruction of the society itself.

I believe that death penalty should be imposed on “heinous crime” only provided that the standard of due process is observed and that the guilt of any person accused of any “heinous crimes” was duly proven beyond reasonable doubt in the court of law.

Only under such rigid standard of the due process rule and the proof beyond reasonable doubt rule could it be insure that justice would be served to the victims of heinous crimes and proper retribution given to society. Further, under such rules, the possibility of any innocent person of being wrongly convicted or miscarriage of justice for that matter will be minimized.

I also believed in the line of the film “Ten Commandments” uttered in the film by Moses, that “He who shall not live by the law, shall die by the law”.

Man is always responsible or accountable for his or her action provided that such action has freedom, intelligence and intent.

The same rule applies with respect to the selling or peddling of drugs. If you sell or peddle drugs knowing that it is morally wrong to do so and at the same time against the law, then you are accountable for your action and therefore has a debt to pay to the society which you belong.

Under such circumstances, the moment you sell or peddle drugs then you are forfeiting your life now or in the future.

Yes you are right. The so called “Extra-Judicial Killings” or “ECJ” do exists. Not all people were being killed in connection with the drug campaign died due to shoot out between the police and the person killed or due to “legitimate police operation” as this term or phrase is constantly being use by the police authorities.

The Philippine Commission On Human Rights, the Amnesty International and the United Nation Rapporteur in the Philippines, the Catholic Church and other caused-oriented groups in the Philippines has reached the same conclusion that Extra-Judicial killings or “ECJ” indeed exists and is happening in the Philippines.

Extra-Judicial Killings is simply against the law and has no place in the Philippine Legal System. It is simply a form of vigilante or gang-style sort of killings. It has no place in any Civilized Society.

The faith of the Filipino People to its Judicial System/ Criminal Justice System must be restored so that any Extra-judicial killing would eventually become things of the past.

The Philippine Legal System or to be precise, the Philippine Criminal Justice System involves 5 Pillars, namely: 1. Law Enforcement; 2. Prosecution of Crimes; 3. The Court; 4. Probation and Penology; and 5. The Public or Society in general.

These 5 Pillars of the Philippine Criminal Justice System must work hand and hand for a better and effective system of law enforcement and punishment of crimes.

There is no short-cut to justice other than what the law says or what the law provides. Everything must be done in accordance with what the law says or always within the limits of the law.

If the “Extra-Judicial Killings” or “ECJ” will still persists or continue to exist in the Philippines then it would be an act in desperation.

In that case, the Philippine Judicial System or the Criminal Justice System would become useless and inutile.

It is only the House of Representatives of the Philippines that has approved on third reading the Death Penalty Bill.

The Senate has suspended its inquiry or proceeding as to whether or not to revive or re-impose the death penalty. So there must be a corresponding Senate Bill about death penalty that must first be approved. Once this is also approved on third reading, there will be a consolidated bill between the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The moment this consolidated bill is finalized between the two chambers, then it will be presented to the President for his signature. The President must sign the consolidated bill. And after sufficient publication in any newspaper of general circulations for the required period or the Official Gazette, that’s the only tine it will take effect as law.

As to the issue that an innocent person might be put to death, there are always safety nets under our Bill of Rights for the protection of accused rights during the course of the court trial.

For one, there is the presumption of innocence until the contrary is proved or unless his guilt is duly proven beyond reasonable doubt. So the police authorities thru the Prosecutions must prove the guilt of the accused. In case of doubt or if the accused guilt is not proven beyond reasonable doubt, then by all means, the accused must be acquitted by the court.

Another thing, the accused has the right to defend himself or herself in court by securing the production of witnesses in his or her behalf; the accused may also testify on his or her behalf if he or she opt to do so.

The accused is also entitled to secure the services of a lawyer or attorney and if he or she cannot afford the services of a lawyer or an attorney, then the it is the obligation of the government to provide for him or her the free services of a lawyer or attorney who will assist and help him or her during the course of the trial.

While it may be argued that despite, these legal and constitutional rights and safeguards, error may be committed in the course of the trial i.e. innocent persons maybe convicted, it is indeed possible and it does really happen in actual life.

However, no judicial system ever device or invented by human being who is subject to error is perfect. But what alternative kind of Judicial System do we have to replace the present Philippine Judicial System?

The present Philippine Judicial System is the best system we have no matter how imperfect it is.

Yes you are right. Rape or Murder or even Robbery with Homicide are considered “heinous crimes” that warrants death penalty.

An eye for an eye until everyone is blind.

You have added quite a few interesting facts to the above article. I knew that Saturn is the second largest of the known planets. It is good to know that it is consider the God of agriculture in Roman mythology. I wonder why? I guess because of the water that the article mentioned.