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1. What is a penalty?
10. What is the three-fold rule in the execution of penalties? What is the
maximum period of the sentence?
12. What are the principal penalties that may be imposed under the
Revised Penal Code?
15. What are the accessory penalties that may be imposed under the
Revised Penal Code?
23. Pursuant to Republic Act No. 7659, reclusion perpetua was given a
duration of from 20 years and 1 day to 40 years. Is reclusion perpetua
a divisible or an indivisible penalty? Provide your legal basis.
24. Has the death penalty been abolished? What is its status as a
penalty?
26. Should we still include the death penalty in the graduated scale under
Article 71 of the Revised Penal Code?
27. How can you reconcile the decision of the Supreme Court in People v.
Bon, G.R. No. 166401, 30 October 2006, with its decisions in People v.
Sarcia, G.R. No. 169641, 10 September 2009 and People v. Arpon,
G.R. No. 183563, 14 December 2011?
28. If Congress wants to reimpose the death penalty, what are the
Constitutional requirements? Please explain and describe the
requirements.
29. Is reclusion perpetua and life imprisonment the same? If not, what are
their differences?
33. Is bond to keep the peace the same as bond for good behavior? If not,
discuss their differences.
48. Who are detention prisoners and where are they detained?