Two faces of justice (or injustice) : The Webb vs. Vizconde Case

     I do not know personally any member of Vizconde family and that of Webb family. Apart from what I've been reading from newspaper, I used to see former senator Freddie Webb sporting the YCO jersey as a valuable pointguard during his PBA(Phil Basketball Association) days. Having no known  anomaly during his poli
tical career is already enough for him  to earn my respect.
     The Vizconde massacre is a very strong turn of events,  both for the two families who after 15 long years are still suffering  on what they both called a great injustice. One father loses his family, a wife and two kids, raped and murdered. Truly a zenith of criminal nature, that maybe even angels in heaven cannot comprehend why did this happen. For Lauro Vizconde, while he is still living, he already lost his life. Another father loses his son to jail, his whole family persecuted, and Hubert sentenced to life. For Mr. Webb, he lost the essence of living.
     I do not wish to question the wisdom of prosecutors in having a life sentence for Hubert Webb. After all, they  are just doing their jobs. The RTC judge should also be praised for the courage he exhibited in confirming such sentence even after the defense had also presented their share of the evidence. After all, maybe the judge said, there's for sure an automatic review. Let the higher court decides.
     Maybe it's worth mentioning that  my father was also a former justice of the peace. While he died on 1977, his memory still lingers, so with his wisdom. And one quote I cannot forget is his "the greatest injustice is sending to jail an innocent man."  Ooops, please don't be confused, I'm not saying Hubert is an innocent man. I for one, also do not know if he did it or not.
     Based on the evidences presented by the two parties, I am sure that no person, except of course for the participants of the crime, cannot conclude that Hubert Webb  is guilty of the crime. If indeed he is guilty, after all, he's already suffered a lot, for a day in jail is a life in hell. But if he is not, that's the greatest injustice, where no justice of the peace wants to be guilty of.