Cases: Paco Larranaga (Philippines)
Francisco Juan ‘Paco’ Larrañaga, who holds both Spanish and Filipino nationality, was one of seven men found guilty by Cebu City Regional Trial court for kidnapping and illegally detaining sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong in the Philippines in 1997. The prosecution alleged that Paco and his co-accused abducted and raped the sisters before throwing their bodies over a cliff.
At first, Paco was sentenced to two life sentences, but in February 2004 the Supreme Court of the Philippines added convictions for rape and murder and imposed a death sentence. Paco has always maintained that he was not in Cebu on the day of the crime. Witnesses confirm that he was with friends in a restaurant in Quezon City, Manila, until early the next morning. Reprieve conducted a substantive investigation of the case in late 2005, and in April 2006, the president of the Philippines commuted the death sentences of all death row prisoners to life imprisonment. However, only exoneration and release will amount to justice for Paco. |
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