How has the defense of Rizal justified his innocence?
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As 2011 draws to a close, Jose Rizal and his selfless sacrifice continues to echo in the consciousness of every Filipino.
Much as the decision to execute Rizal seemed harsh and unjust, it was an expected verdict since Spain was facing a difficult time in quelling the revolution in Cuba and could ill afford another rebellion in her colony in the Orient.
The easy way out, the Spanish colonial authorities must have presumed, was to snuff out swiftly the leading voice of reform, and Rizal was the perfect fall guy. In their zealousness to hold him accountable, they even imprisoned Paciano and mercilessly tortured him to implicate his younger brother.
It was a veritable open-and-shut case: Rizal inspired the revolution through his writings and the insurgents were his henchmen carrying out his call for freedom. Did he not establish an illegal association called the La Liga Filipina, which was a precursor to the Katipunan..
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