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The court rules that the trial judge did not have the discretion to impose a penalty other than death for the crime of rape with homicide. The law in force at the time, Republic Act No. 7659, clearly states that the penalty for rape with homicide is death. While the trial judge may have moral objections to imposing capital punishment, as a court of law it has a duty to apply the law as written without consideration of personal beliefs. The court acknowledges the difficult position of judges required to impo

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