Practice question
A conditional pardon and a judicial acquittal are best distinguished how?
- Both necessarily declare factual innocence
- Both cancel every civil obligation
- Conditional pardon is clemency subject to terms; acquittal is a judicial disposition of guilt
- A conditional pardon is a legislative enactment
- An acquittal requires the President’s signature
Legal references
- Revised Penal Code Articles94–95; Torres v. Gonzales: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1987/jul1987/gr_l-76872_1987.html
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