Practice question
A law reduces the penalty after an offense is committed. The offender invokes ICCPR Article 15(1). Officials say only later increases matter and later reductions can never benefit the offender. Which is correct?
- Every later law must be ignored
- Article 15(1) expressly says the offender shall benefit from a later legal provision for a lighter penalty.
- The Covenant mandates the heaviest historical penalty
- A private press release decides the penalty
- The offender automatically becomes immune from every offense
Legal references
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Articles 10-12, 14-15, 18, 20 and 25-27: https://2covenants.ohchr.org/About-ICCPR.html
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