A group of human rights lawyers has lauded the initiatives of the DOJ to lower the recommended bail for poor litigants in criminal cases and to withdraw cases filed before the first level courts with “no reasonable certainty of conviction'
A group of human rights lawyers has lauded the initiatives of the Department of Justice to lower the recommended bail for poor litigants in criminal cases and to withdraw cases filed before the first level courts with “no reasonable certainty of conviction.”
The withdrawal of cases before the lower courts with “no reasonable certainty of conviction” is contained in Department Circular No. 008, Reduction in bail is under DC 011 which mandates prosecutors to recommend only P10,000 or 50 percent of the recommended bail under the DOJ’s 2018 Bail Bond Guide, whichever is lower.
With the new circular on bail recommendation, Remulla said the DOJ “expects the release of many detained individuals on bail.” At the same time, the NUPL asked the DOJ that “the review of pending criminal cases based on the standard of reasonable certainty of conviction must be extended to cases pending before the Regional Trial Courts, especially those involving non-bailable charges against activists and human rights defenders.”
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