(This is the updated version of Wednesday's column, titled "The Supreme Court v. Duterte and Marcos," published to correct certain statements made there.—Ed.)

UNTIL this moment, our readers have been led to believe that the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigating former president Rodrigo Duterte in connection with the alleged drug killings when he was mayor of Davao City and later president. I have repeated this statement on the basis of all the news reports I have read on the web based on the ruling itself.

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