Guevarra said by Sept. 30 the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) is expected to come out with the cleaned up list of convicts convicted of heinous crimes and freed based on GCTA. Among the errors spotted were some 40 convicts released but who had not availed themselves of the GCTA. The 40 convicts were earlier released after they were pardoned or granted executive clemency, paroled or acquitted in court. Authorities were also surprised that the number of surrenderers exceeded the 1,914 heinous crime convicts in the list. The events during the past weeks were something like a “major shock in the system” because DOJ is the agency that exercises supervision over BuCor.

Source: Philippine Star September 26, 2019 15:56 UTC