Practice question
A prisoner whose sentence is reduced under RA 9346 says the Act both acquits every former death convict and abolishes presidential clemency. Which reading is correct?
- It automatically acquits every convict
- It replaces the prohibited penalty and expressly preserves the President’s constitutional clemency power
- It repeals all underlying offenses
- It abolishes all constitutional clemency
- It converts every conviction into an administrative case
Legal references
- RA 9346, Sections 1-4, prohibition and replacement of death penalty: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2006/ra_9346_2006.html
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