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Mar 28, 2000 criminal-law rape mental-disability credibility revised-penal-code supreme-court

Protecting the Credibility of Testimony From Persons With Mental Disabilities in Rape Cases

How Philippine courts assess rape testimony from mentally disabled victims, and why mental deficiency does not diminish credibility.