Section 19. (1) Excessive fines shall not be imposed,
nor cruel, degrading or inhuman punishment
inflicted. Neither shall death penalty be imposed,
unless, for compelling reasons involving heinous
crimes, the Congress hereafter provides for it. Any
death penalty already imposed shall be reduced to
reclusion perpetua.
(2) The employment of physical, psychological, or
degrading punishment against any prisoner or
detainee, or the
use of substandard or inadequate
penal facilities under subhuman conditions shall be
dealt with by law.
1.When is a penalty “cruel, degrading, orinhuman”?
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