Practice question
Does Article96 describe substitution of a sentence of different length and nature, rather than only deletion of the entire conviction?
- Only a complete pardon may ever change punishment
- No, every commutation is an acquittal
- Yes
- Commutation always repeats the original term
- The article creates a new trial
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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