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So, he gets time off for “good behavior”?
“The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed an earlier ruling of a Muntinlupa City ourt ordering the release of murder convict Rolito Go from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP),” reports Edu Punay in The Philippine Star.
The report noted: “In a 12-page decision released last week, the appellate court’s 11th Division dismissed the appeal of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) to stop Go’s release from the NBP maximum security compound for lack of jurisdiction. The CA upheld the decision of the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court (RTC), which granted the petition for habeas corpus filed by Go and his wife Elsa on Jan. 30, 2014.”
The report further explained that “as an inmate with ‘colonist status,’ Go said he is entitled to automatic reduction of his sentence.”
The report went on to state, “Go received such grant from former BuCor director Oscar Calderon. But under the rules, only the President and justice secretary could issue such grant, which is given in addition to good conduct time allowance. The BuCor insisted that his sentence would expire on Jan. 31, 2022 as his reclassification as colonist did not commute his sentence to 30 years. Throughout this time, Go has reportedly been brought several times to the hospital due to stage-four colon cancer.”
It may be recalled that Go was convicted for shooting to death De La Salle University graduate Eldon Maguan in a road rage incident in 1991. Maguan, 25, was driving his car along Wilson Street in Greenhills, San Juan when he had a traffic altercation with Go. In 1993, the San Juan City RTC found Go guilty of murder and sentenced him to 40 years in prison.
