We Executed A Minor
At sixteen, most of us were probably in late high school or first year college, minding our studies and hanging out with our friends. But imagine being sixteen years old and being in death row. Although there is an uproar against the Pangilinan Law which many critics say have allowed minors to commit crimes without fear of consequences, there was a time when the Philippines could legally, and really, executed minors since they were not considered as kids at that time. At the time, the law considered the legal age for men and women to be 16 and 14 respectively. In the case of Marcial “Baby” Ama, he was only 16 years old when he was executed via electric chair. He earned his sentence after organizing one of the biggest jail riots in history, resulting to nine dead inmates, one being decapitated in the event. He was given the death penalty by the Supreme Court after finding him guilty for stabbing to death a man named Almario Bautista during the riot.
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