Hispanics unclassified. Depending where you lived according to McCormick‚ J. and Ayala‚ C. (2007) describes Felicita Mendez a Puerto Rican woman’s experience‚ “she belonged to a group that was racialized in Arizona as black‚ in California as Mexican‚ and now in court‚ her children figured as white.” In this situation her children not allowed to enter a white school called Westminster Elementary. Felicita did not want to enroll her children into a Mexican school because they lack resources and only did vocational
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AN ACT TO IMPOSE THE DEATH PENALTY ON CERTAIN HEINOUS CRIMES‚ AMENDING FOR THAT PURPOSE THE REVISED PENAL LAWS‚ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS‚ the Constitution‚ specifically Article III‚ Section 19 paragraph (1) thereof‚ states "Excessive fines shall not be imposed nor cruel‚ degrading or inhuman punishment inflicted. Neither shall death penalty be imposed‚ unless‚ for compelling reasons involving heinous crimes‚ the Congress hereafter provides for it"; WHEREAS‚ the crimes punishable by
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History of death penalty in the Philippines The history of the death penalty was extensively discussed by the Supreme Court in People vs. Echegaray.[1] As early 1886‚ capital punishment had entered the Philippine legal system through the old Penal Code‚ which was a modified version of the Spanish Penal Code of 1870. The Revised Penal Code‚ which was enforced on 1 January 1932‚ provided for the death penalty in specified crimes under specific circumstances. Under the Revised Penal Code‚ death is
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GETTING TO KNOW THE CHURCH FATHERS Seminar in Church History 520 September 21‚ 2012 The author of the book‚ “Getting to know the church fathers” makes it very clear from the onset that the book is not only a historical look into the development of the church but an attempt to revitalize or jump-start one’s life in Christian ministry. Bryan Liftin helps readers understand the fathers as individuals who cared deeply about preserving the core tenets of the Christian faith. This book has a
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person. Article 266-B. Penalties. - Rape under paragraph 1 of the next preceding article shall be punished by reclusion perpetua. Whenever the rape is committed with the use of a deadly weapon or by two or more persons‚ the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua to death. When by reason or on the occasion of the rape‚ the victim has become insane‚ the penalty shall be reclusion perpetua to death. When the rape is attempted and a homicide is committed by reason or on the occasion thereof‚ the
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PERSONS WHO ARE CRIMINALLY LIABLE Under the Revised Penal Code‚ when more than one person participated in the commission of the crime‚ the law looks into their participation because in punishing offenders‚ the Revised Penal Code classifies them as: 1) principal; (2)accomplice; or (3) accessory. This classification is true only under the Revised Penal Code and is not used under special laws‚ because the penalties under the latter are never graduated. Do not use the term principal when the
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In my essay I shall discuss Aquinas’ understanding that blame is excusable due to ignorance if and only if they are involuntarily ignorant. I shall outline Aquinas’ understanding of voluntary ignorance and involuntary ignorance as an excuse from blame. Then I shall analyse this view‚ and conclude that whether or not the individual is blameable can‚ in some cases‚ only be prescribed by the individual. Aquinas as a Neo-Platonist believes that existence is a good in itself‚ therefore‚ all things that
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Case: Francisco vs. People Facts: Macario Linghon without knowledge went and sold to the shop of the petitioner Ernesto “Erning” Francisco the jewelries which was stolen by his sister Pacita Linghon to a certain Jovita Rodriguez. Sometime after the jewelries have been stolen‚ Jovita just discovered that the jewelries have been missing. She filed a complaint for theft against Pacita in the Counter Intelligence Group of the Philippine National Police in Camp Crame. Pacita was then invited for
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The Exclusion of Women from Political Systems in Ancient Rome and Athens Ancient Rome and ancient Athens in Greece were two thriving civilizations that dominated the Mediterranean area. The way in which both of these civilizations structured their government‚ allowed for them to become prospering civilizations in the ancient world. Athens and Rome had different approaches to how to govern their civilizations‚ yet both civilizations extended power to their citizens by allowing them to participate
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cruel‚ degrading or inhuman punishment inflicted. Neither shall death penalty be imposed‚ unless‚ for compelling reasons involving heinous crimes‚ the Congress hereafter provides for it. Any death penalty already imposed shall be reduced to reclusion perpetua. (2) The employment of physical‚ psychological‚ or degrading punishment against any prisoner or detainee or the use of substandard or inadequate penal facilities under subhuman conditions shall be dealt with by law. * Section 20. No person
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