The Spanish Weren’t Really Into It Either
As mentioned, capital punishment changed the course of history a few times in the Philippines. But it’s not as common as many of us think it was. The use of death penalty during the Spanish time is completely blown out of proportions. While executions did happen, they only occurred during uprisings and rebellions. In cases of treason, rebellion, or any other crime which could have scared the Spanish sovereignty, death was given to those involved to suppress the disturbance. In times of peace, the Spanish didn’t even bother employing capital punishment. in fact, out of the 1,700 convicts condemned to death row from 1840 to 1885, only 46 of them were executed. Convicts were kept locked up in jail or banished to never return.
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