Practice question
After a Supreme Court justice is convicted in a valid impeachment trial for graft, a senator proposes to include a prison sentence in the impeachment judgment. Another claims the conviction permanently immunizes the former justice from criminal prosecution. Which is correct under Article XI, section 3(7)?
- Both proposals are constitutionally required
- The Senate may impose any criminal penalty through impeachment
- The judgment is limited to removal and disqualification, while prosecution, trial, and punishment according to law remain possible
- Conviction automatically erases every criminal offense
- Only the House may impose the prison sentence
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html — 1987 Constitution, Article XI, sections 2–3.
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