The Supreme Court of the Philippines acquitted Hubert Webb and others who were accused of the Vizconde massacre. While the lower courts found them guilty based on circumstantial evidence like a maid's confession and security guard testimony placing them at the scene, the Supreme Court found this evidence did not eliminate reasonable doubt about their involvement. No direct evidence linked the accused to the crime. It took 15 years for the case to go through the trial and appeals process before the Supreme Court overturned the guilty verdict and dismissed the charges.
The Supreme Court of the Philippines acquitted Hubert Webb and others who were accused of the Vizconde massacre. While the lower courts found them guilty based on circumstantial evidence like a maid's confession and security guard testimony placing them at the scene, the Supreme Court found this evidence did not eliminate reasonable doubt about their involvement. No direct evidence linked the accused to the crime. It took 15 years for the case to go through the trial and appeals process before the Supreme Court overturned the guilty verdict and dismissed the charges.
The Supreme Court of the Philippines acquitted Hubert Webb and others who were accused of the Vizconde massacre. While the lower courts found them guilty based on circumstantial evidence like a maid's confession and security guard testimony placing them at the scene, the Supreme Court found this evidence did not eliminate reasonable doubt about their involvement. No direct evidence linked the accused to the crime. It took 15 years for the case to go through the trial and appeals process before the Supreme Court overturned the guilty verdict and dismissed the charges.
The Supreme Court of the Philippines acquitted Hubert Webb and others who were accused of the Vizconde massacre. While the lower courts found them guilty based on circumstantial evidence like a maid's confession and security guard testimony placing them at the scene, the Supreme Court found this evidence did not eliminate reasonable doubt about their involvement. No direct evidence linked the accused to the crime. It took 15 years for the case to go through the trial and appeals process before the Supreme Court overturned the guilty verdict and dismissed the charges.
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Vizconde Massacre Decision
Hubert Webb et al is not guilty beyond reasonable doubt, by circumstantial evidence.
Alibi is demolished by Maids confession and BF Subd Guards connects Hubert et al to time of murder. These facts does not erase any reasonable doubt that exist. No evidence was presented that directly links the accused to the crime. On January 4, 2000, the Regional Trial Court of Paranaque City rendered its judgement finding all the accused guilty as charged imposing a penalty of life imprisonment. When the accused appealed the decision, the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed the judgement of conviction by the RTC. On April this year, the Webbs filed an urgent motion to acquit when they found out that the NBI no longer has custody of the specimen that was taken from the body of the rape victim, Carmela Visconde. During the trial, accused Webb made a defence of alibi claiming that he was in the United States when the massacre of the Vizcondes happened. To support this, Webb presented a Certification issued by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service of August 31, 1995 confirming that his entry into that country was recorded. But both the RTC and the CA rejected his defence ruling that his alibi cannot stand against Alfaros positive identification of him as the rapist and killer. On December 14, 2010, the SC rendered its decision on the appeals of the accused, questioning the guilty verdict by the RTC and the CA. It took the trial and appeal process in this case fifteen years. The SC acquitted all the accused, reversing and dismissing the guilty verdict of the RTC and the CA.
