Practice question
A person asks the President to commute a sentence while the conviction remains on appeal. State the ordinary ArticleVII Section19 prerequisite, without conflating a judicial sentence modification on appeal with executive commutation.
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code, Articles95-96,109-110 and159, as applicable: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html
- Constitution, ArticleVII Section19, executive clemency after final conviction: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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