No clear opinion on Hubert Webb, et al. acquittal

By now, the news about the acquittal of Hubert Webb and 6 others involved (and convicted) in the Vizconde massacre has made the rounds in various social media platforms. The clear-cut opinion of the general public is that the Supreme Court's decision is an outrage.

If I have a clear opinion on this matter, I'd probably say the acquittal is an even more cruel act than the crime itself. But this does not bode well with me because despite the courts finding Webb, et al. guilty beyond reasonable doubt in 2000, the evidence seem to suggest otherwise -- evidence that Judge Tolentino seemed to have deliberately suppressed (DNA, passport, etc.).

Ironically, this willful suppression of evidence that sent Webb, et al. to prison is the same evidence that set the acquittal procedure in motion.

Fifteen years is too long a sentence for an innocent man; and too short a punishment for a guilty one.

There's injustice rearing its ugly head both ways.