Twenty years of injustice.
Monday, December 13, 2010 @ 11:39 PM

After 5 years of trial and 15 years in prison, the Supreme Court has acquitted Hubert Webb, et al in the brutal massacre of Estelita, Carmela, and Jennifer Vizconde. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/12/14/10/supreme-court-acquits-webb-et-al

It's just one line, but its importance for both sides cannot be measured. With it comes a plethora of questions, where some, unfortunately, may never be answered.

1. Granting that the Supreme Court ruling http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2010/december2010/176389.htm is correct, then who are the real murderers?

2. It took the Supreme Court 20 years to know that Webb et al are innocent. How many years more will it take for them to find the real culprits of that horrendous crime? How much longer will Mr. Lauro Vizconde suffer? Will he even be alive to witness that justice has finally been served for his family?

3. How does the judicial system repay someone for making him lose 15 years of his life? Can that injustice even be repaid?


I used to want to be part of the judicial system, but I decided to leave law school two years ago. A month ago, I've been seriously considering the option of coming back to law school. However, incidents like this make me wanna go on running away from it. Our judicial system has caused twenty years of injustice to both sides, the Vizcondes and the Webbs. Injustice at its worst.

Labels: