Problem Statement:

The criminal justice system of the Philippines is flawed. People are considering it as
rotten for there are many cases that happened years ago yet justice is not served.
However, this is not the only problem of our justice system. The crime rate
continues to increase every year. Some crimes are not reported and/or reported
later that the suspect/ criminal gets away faster than the policemen can get to the
crime scene. Thus, crime continues to increase and justice is not attained.
According to a statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission entitled
PHILIPPINES: Police "solve" cases but killings continue, The duty of the police
does not end with the filing of a case with a prosecutor. It ends only when justice
has been duly served. It involves sincerity in dealings with the victims and their
families. The filing of charges is merely one step in the lengthy criminal justice
process: a process that is established in order to safely determine guilt and
measure punishment. Unfortunately, in the Philippines today this is a littleunderstood notion among the country's police. Here are some of the following
famous crime cases that happened in the Philippines:

Maguindanao Massacre / Ampatuan Massacre

Right now I cannot say I can forgive them. Maybe if justice is served I can bring
myself to forgive," says Mary Grace Morales, a mother of three whose father, Rosell
Morales, and sister, Marites Cablitas, were among the journalists killed. "But it is not
easy for our families my daughter, who is now 15, could not accept she had lost
her father. She didn't talk just sat in a corner. We, the families, are already in
great danger these people are not ordinary criminals, they can kill whoever they
like."
The Maguindanao Massacre happened on November 23, 2009. 58 victims were
kindnapped and brutally murdered and until now, justice is not served.

Subic Rape Case

November 3, 2005: A 22-year-old woman (later referred to by the media as

"Nicole") filed before the Olongapo City prosecutor's office a criminal complaint for
gang rape against USS Essex military servicemen Chad Staff Sergeant Carpentier,
Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, Lance Corporal Corey Burris, Lance Corporal Albert
Lara, Lance Corporal Keith Silkwood, and another unknown suspect. The rape
allegedly occurred in Subic on November 1, 2005.
(Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/153081/news/subic-rape-casetimeline)

Different types of crimes happen here in the Philippines. The question is why cant
we control these things? Why does the crime rate increase every year? Nowadays,
cases happen where the father killed his own family. These cases will not stop if the
justice system of the Philippines will not be improved. If the police will be alert if
there are crimes happening then maybe the crime rate will decrease.