On 20 February 2017 , the majority bloc members of the House of Representatives caucused to remove rape from the list of possible death penalty offenses . When the official Twitter account of the ABS-CBN News Channel reported this , Locsin tweeted a reply : Locsin in a tweet said that while rape is a crime ; an " indignity " and " outrage " it is not a heinous crime . Though he mentioned went on to mention select cases of rape as " heinous " such as a gang rape in India and an incident where the rapist is an ugly man . He then said that killing is not heinous or premeditated saying its a common crime . His posts were criticized by some users of Twitter
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2012 Delhi gang rape
Teodoro Locsin Jr.