21 Punishable Crimes by Death Penalty in the Philippines

Death Penalty Bill House Committee On Justice approves the death penalty with vote 12-6-1. The House Committee on Justice has approved a consolidated bill that revives the imposition of the death penalty against heinous crimes.


These are the following punishable crimes under death penalty:

1. Treason
2. Qualified piracy
3. Qualified bribery
4. Parricide
5. Murder
6. Infanticide
7. Rape
8. Kidnapping and serious illegal detention
9. Robbery with violence against or intimidation of persons
10. Destructive Arson
11. Plunder
12. Importation of dangerous drugs and or controlled precursors and essential chemicals
13. Sale, trading, administration, dispensation, delivery and distribution of dangerous drugs and or controlled precursors and essential chemicals
14. Maintenance of drug den
15. Manufacture of dangerous drugs and or controlled precursor and essential chemicals
16. Possession of dangerous drugs
17. Cultivation or culture of plants classified as dangerous drugs
18. Unlawful prescription of dangerous drugs
19. Criminal liability of public officer for misappropriation, misapplication, or failure to account the confiscated seized or surrendered drugs
20. Criminal liability for planting evidence
21. Carnapping