One can't help but notice how most nonlawyers, when commenting on something legal, almost always begin with: 'I am not a lawyer, but … ' as if apologizing for treading on a field meant only for a select breed. But didn't Shakespeare say, 'Let's kill all the lawyers'? That perchance we may also speak without trepidation. And so it was a delight to learn that soon after Judge Romeo Buenaventura of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 256 denied the petition for bail of former senator Leila de Lima and her coaccused who have been behind bars for more than six years, the justices of the Supreme Court issued a statement to the effect that denial of bail did not necessarily mean an imminent conviction.

https://opinion.inquirer.net/164082/supreme-court-jumped-the-gun-on-de-lima-case

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