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Jails for adults may doom youth offenders, says solon

January 22, 2019 admin age of criminal liability, rep. leachon, rep. zubiri, Uncategorized, youth offenders

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:27:33 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Bukidnon 3rd District Rep. Manuel Zubiri on Tuesday warned that children in conflict with the law might end up ‘scarred for life or dead’ in prisons for adults because of the lack of reformative facilities in the country. The House of Representatives began the plenary debates on House Bill No. 8858, which […]

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Creation of courts to try juvenile offenders pushed

January 20, 2019 admin Bernadette Herrera-Dy, juvenile courts, Latest News Stories, Nation, youth offenders

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 21:20:59 +0000

Assistant House Majority Leader Bernadette Herrera-Dy on Sunday pleaded with her colleagues in the House of Representatives to put enough safeguards in the draft measure lowering the age of criminal liability from 15 to 9 years old.

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