Do We Have The Right To Question The Supreme Court ?

And thus came happened....

The majority of the nation are much disappointed with the Supreme Court's decision acquitting Hubert Webb and 6 others. Those guys were the suspects of the celebrated Vizconde Massacre and imprisoned for a decade. Outrage spew also on social-networking sites slamming the SC decision. In scope of these things, do we have the right to question their ruling?

If you would read the SC decision, the reason for their acquittal is because of the lack of evidences presented by the prosecution against the suspects. It was too obvious because the defense's evidence and testimonies has more weight than the prosecution's.The SC also slammed the inconsistencies of the testimony of Jessica Alfaro, the "main witness" presented by the NBI, saying that Alfaro was an NBI agent and not an "eyewitness" to the crime.

In this case, I could say that the SC decision was fair enough because it looked upon the weight of the evidences and not upon the public opinion(which influenced the trial in a local court way back in the 90's). Also, the acquittal of the suspect doesn't really mean that they are not the real culprits. Again, the SC came to that decision due to the lack of weight in the evidences and testimonies that the prosecution presented that would easily point out that Webb and others were the real culprits. In other words, there were loopholes and the part of the prosecution.

By that, I could say that I don't have the right to question the SC's decision, but rather, we must question the lack of professionalism at the part of NBI and the police. We must also question on how the media behaved at the span of the case. On the SC's part, they only did what the law says. Period.

I hope the people would realize this because if we don't really know the whole story of this decision, they would end up bullying the highest court in the country. I do understand the outrage of those on Lauro Vizconde's side, but we have to realize that Lauro, Webb's family, and others are also victims of a dysfunctional justice system. If only our NBI and police did their work professionally, they would not end up like this. This is a big shame for them.

For DOJ's reinvestigation, well it's okay but, with doubts. Bakit naman kasi ngayon nyo lang iimbestigahan ng seryoso? Dapat ginawa niyo na yan noon pa para maibsan na ang pasakit ng matanda gayun din ng mga ikinulong na wala naman kinalaman. I hope that it would not end up in "shopping" people and tag them as culprits.

As for the media, nothing's changed. They sensationalized the case from the very start up to the SC decision. The difference is that before, they demonized Hubert and judged him even before the trial. Now that he is free, the media became too fascinated on him. They make him as an instant celebrity. They followed him wherever he goes. Recently, I watched the news about Hubert Webb. It was live, and it's all about Hubert buying pants and eating donuts. Tabon na tabon ng kabubuntot ng media kay Hubert yung iba pang mga importanteng balita. Mas mabuti pang gumawa na lang sila ng reality show kesa naman masalaula yung diwa ng pamamahayag. I have more on how the media behaved on the Vizconde massacre case on my next post.