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Mar 12, 2001 adultery justifiable homicide revised penal code parricide criminal law

Adultery and Its Consequences: Honor, Outrage, and the Limits of Justifiable Homicide in the Philippines

When a spouse kills a cheating partner caught in flagrante, Philippine law may spare them from prison—but only under strict conditions.