So, van wilder, it's ok to spare a criminal as long as we are monetarily compensated for it? tsk tsk, If we adopt your sense of reasoning, that means the rich are allowed to commit crimes, as long as they pay up.

poverty is the root of crime.
In this case Paco Larranaga is a scion of a wealthy family.


i see the issue in a different perspective, we should give up a part in order to get a whole. If the spanish government would owe us a favor, we might get a loan from one of the two biggest banks in spain, owned by the bourbons. If makuha natin ito, aangat na ulit ang economy natin, for sure yan. I dont want to get into details pero sure yun, some countries na umangat ang economy ay thank you lang sa mga loans ng bourbons.
Loans don't guarantee economic improvement. And what you're suggesting sounds much more like "Blood Money".


I'd rather see one rapist on the loose than see thousands of Filipinos on the loose who have the tendency to do crime...
One criminal on the loose is already too many.

And. don't get me wrong, I've been to Bilibid Prisons too, In some cases there were really some poor guys who got convicted because they were too poor to afford a good lawyer, but majority of those in there are truly criminals to which we should say: "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time."