Lawmaker eyes repeal of 'crime of passion' as legal defense

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The repeal of the Revised Penal Code provision allowing crime of passion, or the defense used if the killing or infliction of injuries were done out of a 'justified burst of passion,' has been proposed in the House of Representatives.

The repeal of the Revised Penal Code provision allowing crime of passion, or the defense used if the killing or infliction of injuries were done out of a "justified burst of passion," has been proposed in the House of Representatives.

Article 247 also states that if the offender would inflict upon offending party physical injuries of any other kind, the offender will be exempt from punishment. Abalos cited Article 2 Section 11 of the Constitution, which provides that "[T]he State values the dignity of every human person and guarantees full respect for human rights."

He was referring to Article 247's provisions stating "[T]hese rules shall be applicable, under the same circumstances, to parents with respect to their daughters under eighteen years of age, and their seducer, while the daughters are living with their parents" and that "any person who shall promote or facilitate the prostitution of his wife or daughter, or shall otherwise have consented to the infidelity of the other spouse shall not be entitled to the benefits of this...

 

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May batas nmn na mitigating circumstance Ang passion or obfuscation. Isa pa pag napatay mo spouse dahil nahuli mo sa akto Ng pagtatalik, destierro lng penalty. Parang Hindi nagbabasa itong lawmaker na ito.

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