Practice question
Does the torture prohibition protect suspects and detainees as well as convicted prisoners?
- Only acquitted persons qualify
- No, only convicted prisoners qualify
- Yes
- Only persons outside custody qualify
- Only the officer’s friends qualify
Legal references
- Constitution Article III Section 19; RA9745 Sections3-6, punishment and absolute torture prohibition: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html ; https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2009/ra_9745_2009.html
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