A Catholic prelate warned that the acquittal of suspected pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles on serious illegal detention charges might worsen the public’s mistrust in the country’s judicial system. The Makati RTC initially sentenced Napoles to a 40-year prison term for illegally detaining Luy, one of the principal witnesses in the pork barrel scam. Napoles was accused of masterminding the scam which involved diverting the pork barrel scam to ghost projects of her nongovernment organizations. “Wanting to convict and having sufficient evidence to convict are two different concerns, and the difference is called due process,” Fr. “But before blabbering about ‘miscarriage of justice’ and similar tired and abused tirades, where is the evidence sufficient to establish that she committed the crime?

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 09, 2017 16:07 UTC