Reclusión perpetua
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Laws by region
Philippines
In the Philippines, it is one of two severe penalties, the other being life imprisonment, implemented to replace the death penalty and is in legal parlance near-synonymous with life imprisonment.[1] However, there are some important distinctions between the two terms:
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The Supreme Court of the Philippines has ruled that the Expanded Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) Law also allows heinous crimes convicts (i.e., those sentenced to reclusión perpetua) to avail for good conduct time credit for early release.[3]
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References
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- Aquino, Ramon C. Revised Penal Code, Vol. I