With the judiciary and prosecution in focus, INQUIRER.net looks back at the most pressing legal controversies that stunned 2017’s news cycle. Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao last May 23 to quell the threats posed by the Maute group in Marawi City. The Public Attorney’s Office (PAO), representing the teenagers’ parents, filed murder charges against Caloocan policemen allegedly involved in the killings. Citing how the SC explained Arroyo’s acquittal, the Sandiganbayan said that the plunder charges should identify who the mastermind was. “This Court is duty bound to follow and apply the Supreme Court’s rulings in that case,” the anti-graft court said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 27, 2017 02:26 UTC