Practice question
A prisoner serving reclusion perpetua invokes Article 29’s thirty-year computation language. Explain what that provision says and why it does not by itself establish an unconditional fixed-term release date.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10592_2013.html — RA 10592 section 1, amended RPC Article 29: full and four-fifths credit, counsel-assisted writing, reclusion perpetua computation and qualified immediate release.
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