Practice question
A group intentionally destroys critical infrastructure to create a public emergency and intimidate a segment of the population. Those purposes and the Section4 conduct are proved independently. The group says that calling its operation a protest automatically defeats every terrorism charge. Which is best?
- Every use of the word protest conclusively supplies immunity
- The prosecution may ignore all purpose evidence
- The court must distinguish genuine protected exercise of rights from independently proved statutory terrorist acts and purpose; a label alone does not control
- Every damaged object automatically proves terrorism without more
- Calleja invalidated all of Section4
Legal references
- RA11479 Section4; Calleja, G.R.252578, December7 2021, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2021/dec2021/gr_252578_2021.html
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