Practice question
While conviction is still nonfinal, a person demands presidential commutation solely on a prosecutor’s view that conviction is likely. No applicable constitutional exception is asserted. What prerequisite prevents treating likely guilt as sufficient?
- Only the accused’s prediction matters
- Conviction by final judgment for the constitutional commutation power
- Every probable conviction is already final
- A prosecutor may issue the President’s grant
- The constitutional wording applies only to newspapers
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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