Prohibition on Death Penalty Imposition (RA 9346)

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1. What does Section 1 of RA 9346 prohibit?
2. Under RA 9346, what replaces death when the violated law uses the penalty nomenclature of the Revised Penal Code?
3. When the violated law does not use Revised Penal Code penalty nomenclature, what substitute for death does Section 2(b)…
4. A special penal statute expressly uses the Code penalty of death for the offense. All elements are proved, but RA 9346 …
5. A prosecutor asks the trial court to pronounce a death sentence but state that its execution is indefinitely suspended …
6. A conviction remains on appellate review when RA 9346 must be applied. The underlying penal provision uses Code nomencl…
7. A prisoner's death sentence is reduced to reclusion perpetua by reason of RA 9346. He argues that this reduction automa…
8. Explain how RA 9346 changes the penalty when a law otherwise prescribes death. Distinguish Code nomenclature from other…
9. Distinguish prohibiting imposition of death from merely suspending execution. What must the sentencing court actually i…
10. Discuss parole and presidential clemency for a person whose sentence becomes reclusion perpetua in lieu of death under …
11. Which body must cause the publication specified in RA9346 Section4 for the covered persons considered or recommended fo…
12. How frequently does Section4 require that publication during the stated three-week sequence?