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May 27, 2004 criminal-law rape death-penalty mental-disability revised-penal-code supreme-court

Rape and Mental Disability: Understanding the Limits of the Death Penalty in Philippine Law

A father's rape conviction was reduced from death to reclusion perpetua because the prosecution failed to prove his knowledge of the victim's mental disability.