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2010-03-03 |
NACHURA, J. |
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| On several occasions, we applied these provisions to marriages contracted between the offender and the offended party in the crime of rape,[5] as well as in the crime of abuse of chastity,[6] to totally extinguish the criminal liability of and the corresponding penalty that may have been imposed upon those found guilty of the felony. Parenthetically, we would like to mention here that prior to the case at bar, the last case bearing similar circumstances was decided by this Court in 1974, or around 36 years ago. | |||||