“Sentence seems pretty light, unless there are some extenuating circumstances I don’t know about.”
Well, considering the guy seems to have gone into a murderous rage, I am guessing he only found out the prostitute was a man after having been tricked into committing some carnal acts...
Not condoning that, but it is understandable to me how it could happen.
The Philippines has a crime of passion law, like most Latin countries. The legal system is derived from the Spanish colonial one, and was not switched out by the US.
Extreme emotion is an extenuating circumstance.