00:01The Supreme Court affirms the murder conviction of the three policemen who killed 17-year-old Kian de los Santos during the drug war of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
00:09The High Court's 2nd Division found Police Officer 3 Arnel Oares, P. Owen Jeremias Pereda, and P. Owen Gerwin Cruz guilty of murder, sentencing them to reclusion perpetua or up to 40 years in prison.
00:22They were also ordered to pay the de los Santos family a total of P275,000 in damages.
00:28This decision affirms the earlier ruling of the Regional Trial Court and the Court of Appeals which convicted the three policemen without parole.
00:35De los Santos became the face of Duterte's bloody war on drugs, which human rights groups say killed nearly 30,000 people.
00:42To date, there have only been five known convictions of policemen involved in the drug war, de los Santos' case included.
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