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Aug 31, 2006 criminal-law qualified-rape death-penalty republic-act-9346 minor-victim parental-trust

Breach of Parental Trust: Rape of a Minor and the Abolition of the Death Penalty

The Supreme Court affirms a father's qualified rape conviction but reduces the death penalty to reclusion perpetua under R.A. 9346.