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Philippine court jails three police officers for drugs war murder
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS NOVEMBER 28, 2018 / 9:31 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Philippine court jails three police officers for drugs war murder
Manuel Mogato, Neil Jerome Morales
4 MIN READ
MANILA (Reuters) - A Philippine court on Thursday sentenced three police officers to up to 40 years in jail for the murder of a 17-year-old high school student, the first to be convicted in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drugs war.
The Caloocan City regional trial court declared the three police guilty for the killing of Kian Lloyd delos Santos in August 2017 in a dark, trash-filled alley in a northern suburb in the capital Manila.
“A shoot first, think later attitude can never be countenanced in a civilized society. Never has homicide or murder been a function of law enforcement. The public peace is never predicated on the cost of human life”, said the ruling by Judge Roldolfo Azucena.
This was the first case of what human rights advocates say was an extrajudicial killing carried out by state-agents in the 29-month war on drugs, which saw close to 5,000 people dead in police anti-drugs operations.
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Philippine court jails three police officers for drugs war murder
Manuel Mogato, Neil Jerome Morales
4 MIN READ
MANILA (Reuters) - A Philippine court on Thursday sentenced three police officers to up to 40 years in jail for the murder of a 17-year-old high school student, the first to be convicted in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drugs war.
The Caloocan City regional trial court declared the three police guilty for the killing of Kian Lloyd delos Santos in August 2017 in a dark, trash-filled alley in a northern suburb in the capital Manila.
“A shoot first, think later attitude can never be countenanced in a civilized society. Never has homicide or murder been a function of law enforcement. The public peace is never predicated on the cost of human life”, said the ruling by Judge Roldolfo Azucena.
This was the first case of what human rights advocates say was an extrajudicial killing carried out by state-agents in the 29-month war on drugs, which saw close to 5,000 people dead in police anti-drugs operations.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-drugs-court/philippine-court-jails-three-police-officers-for-drugs-war-murder-idUSKCN1NY081