Practice question
Following a proper impeachment conviction, the Senate proposes to impose removal, disqualification, and a ten-year prison sentence as its impeachment judgment. It argues that separate criminal trial is unnecessary. Which analysis is correct?
- The Senate may impose any criminal sentence as impeachment punishment.
- The impeachment judgment cannot extend beyond removal and disqualification; criminal prosecution, trial, and punishment proceed according to law.
- All impeachment convictions prohibit any later prosecution.
- The respondent's consent enlarges the impeachment penalty.
- The Chief Justice may convert the impeachment trial into every ordinary criminal court.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article XI, sections 2 and 3(6)–(7), https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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