“Senatorial aspirant Raul Lambino says not all extrajudicial killings are illegal, claiming that all killings are extrajudicial because the country does not have the death penalty.”
Raul Lambino
Claim dated 7 Nov 2024.
Vera Files rated thisFalse
What Vera Files found
The death penalty does not legalize extrajudicial killings, which is defined by the United Nations as the deliberate killing of individuals outside of any legal framework.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Raul Lambino made this claim around 7 November 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 6 December 2024, 29 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSqevHIj5sw
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