Practice question
A judgment states that reclusion perpetua and life imprisonment are interchangeable and may be freely substituted without examining the violated statute. Which is best?
- The terms always mean exactly the same penalty
- The distinction matters only to typography
- The law’s actual penalty and nomenclature must be followed; the penalties are not juridically synonymous
- The accused may choose either term regardless of law
- Both have been abolished by RA9346
Legal references
- RA9346, Section2; People v.Ellasos and Obillo GR139323, June6,2001: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2006/ra_9346_2006.html
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