hon. manuel cruz herrera (c. 1924–1998) was a lawyer, an instructor in the university of the philippines and manuel luis quezon university, and a deputy "tanod bayan" (ombudsman at present) during the marcos regime and later, head of the prosecution panel in the benigno aquino, jr. murder case that led to the edsa revolution of 1986. and then became one of the justices of the court of appeals from 1987 to 1997, and chair of the national unification commission.