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Supreme Court acquits death row inmate

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December 20, 2002 | 12:00am
The Supreme Court has ordered the release of a farmer who was meted the death penalty for the rape-killing of a 13-year-old girl in Zamboanga del Norte.

Bureau of Corrections director Ricardo Macala said he received the High Court’s order of release for 31-year-old Josephere Tajada last Tuesday.

Tajada became a free man yesterday after spending two years in the death row.

The High Court set aside a lower court’s 1997 decision sentencing Tajada to death on rape and homicide charges for the death of Sabina Ejalon. — Nikko Dizon

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