In my experience as a public prosecutor for 24 years, I can state for a fact that 60% or more of drug cases are trumped up and based on planted evidence. In my stint as a prosecutor in Cebu City, I was the first to convict a so called "drug queen," only to find out from my witnesses later that the evidence was planted. When I told the judge of this fact, he said, "That was the evidence given to you by the police and that was the evidence you presented to me we cannot be more popish than the pope." True, a target for evidence planting could really be involved in the drug trade. But planting evidence runs counter to the basic tenet of our justice system that a person is presumed innocent until proven otherwise. This principle is anathema to the reimposition of death penalty.