Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 8177)
Republic Act No. 8177 designates death by lethal injection as the method of carrying out capital punishment in the Philippines, amending Article 81 of the Revised Penal Code.
The death penalty shall be executed by putting the person under sentence to death by lethal injection.
The execution of the death sentence by lethal injection is under the authority of the Director of the Bureau of Corrections.
The law mandates that during the lethal injection and the proceedings prior to the execution, efforts should be made to mitigate the sufferings of the person under the sentence.
All personnel involved in the administration of lethal injection must be trained prior to performing such task.
The authorized physician of the Bureau of Corrections shall make an official pronouncement of the convict's death and certify it in the Bureau's records.
The death sentence shall be carried out not earlier than one year nor later than eighteen months after the judgment has become final and executory.
Yes, the President retains the power to exercise executive clemency at all times with respect to the death penalty.
Their sentences are automatically modified to death by lethal injection upon the effectivity of this Act.
The Secretary of Justice, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and the Bureau of Corrections, shall promulgate the implementing rules within 30 days of the Act's effectivity.
The Act took effect fifteen days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two national newspapers of general circulation, whichever came earlier.
All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules, and regulations inconsistent with this Act are repealed or modified accordingly.