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People vs. Lopez

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERNESTO LOPEZ, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-41974 | 1976-11-29

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

Even with the laxity associated with the sexual permissiveness of the times, if not precisely because of it, the law continues to view with extreme distaste, to put it at its mildest, the crime of rape. The penalty imposed is characterized by severity; under certain circumstances, it could be death. 1 That is merely to reflect the societal feeling of revulsion for the degradation imposed on an unwilling victim or one presumed unable to give consent. 2 As noted, with the changing mores, there should be less occasion for a resort to violence or intimidation. Aptly has it been said that further, refinement in...