Right Against Infliction of the Death Penalty Except for Heinous Crimes (Sec. 19 (1), Art. III)

The Constitution allows only the imposition of death penalty on crimes considered as heinous. Congress is also allowed by the Constitution to pass a law prescribing the crimes which are heinous. On December 13, 1993, Republic Act 7659, which imposes death penalty on certain crimes which it deemed as heinous, was approved. But on June 23, 2006, Congress abolished the death penalty.