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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 171122 [Title] => 107 death convicts get reprieve [Summary] => A total of 107 convicts have been spared the lethal injection after their death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment, the chief of the Public Attorneys Office (PAO) announced yesterday.
The convicts were represented by PAO lawyers when their cases were appealed before the Supreme Court. PAO chief Precida Acosta said 78 others, half of whom were initially meted the death penalty, were acquitted.
She said that this was the first time that the PAO, which provides legal service to indigents, won so many cases.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620721 [AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
PRECIDA ACOSTA
Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 171122 [Title] => 107 death convicts get reprieve [Summary] => A total of 107 convicts have been spared the lethal injection after their death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment, the chief of the Public Attorneys Office (PAO) announced yesterday.
The convicts were represented by PAO lawyers when their cases were appealed before the Supreme Court. PAO chief Precida Acosta said 78 others, half of whom were initially meted the death penalty, were acquitted.
She said that this was the first time that the PAO, which provides legal service to indigents, won so many cases.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620721 [AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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By Nikko Dizon | August 7, 2002 - 12:00am
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