The Role of the Supreme Court in the Philippine Criminal Justice System

Download or read book The Role of the Supreme Court in the Philippine Criminal Justice System written by Eliza B. Yu and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our country, the five (5) pillars of criminal justice system, namely, the police, prosecution, court, correction and community, are important in the dispensation of justice. However, the research materials showed the glaring disparity between the beautiful words and the ugly reality of the criminal justice system in our country. If criminal justice systems around the world are like apples, why is ours considered as rotten? Is this rotteness unique in our country? What about the criminal justice system of foreign countries like the United States of America representing the West and China representing the East? Do they share similar rottennesswith our country? If likened to an apple grower, how can our Supreme Court produce the top apple as the ideal symbol for our criminal justice system? This is the inquiry to be answered in the end of this study. This study focuses primarily on the role of the Supreme Court as an indispensable pillar in our criminal justice system as compared with the United States of America and China. This is a comparative study of the procedurallaw involving the 2000 Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure of our country in relation to the 2010 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure of the United States of America and 1997 Criminal China. Analysis of research data is not free from human fallibility. There are other factors that may affect in this study which were not given much attention thus future research on this subject matter is highly enjoined. Documentary and content analysis technique is the primary research methodology. Among others, the promulgation of the Rules on Petty Crimes Court by our Supreme Court's Committee on the Revision of Rules of Court is recommended.