CRIMINAL CODE/ Life imprisonment for those who kill children, penalties for domestic violence are increased!

2023-05-21 10:31:14Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

CRIMINAL CODE/ Life imprisonment for those who kill children, penalties for

The government toughens the attitude towards violent people in the family and those who commit crimes against minors.

Faced with the disturbing figures of violence against women, a draft law submitted to the parliament by the Ministry of Justice requires the votes of the deputies, to remove the right to reduce the punishment of violent perpetrators.

Specifically, in the proposed changes, anyone who will be accused of domestic violence does not have the right to request a summary trial and therefore does not receive a third of the sentence reduction.

Also, anyone who kills a child is sentenced to life in prison

This change in the criminal procedure code is suggested after the national consultation in which the citizens requested a toughening of the criminal law.

After that, justice actors such as the General Prosecutor's Office, KLP, KLJ, Ministry of the Interior agreed to abolish the institute of summary trial for the above crimes, with the argument that this legal measure serves to prevent criminality against women and children and gives a effective justice

Dan Hutra was a typical case of a man who, after killing his first wife, raped the second and used the right to a summary trial. When he got out of prison he killed again.

If this law is voted in the Parliament, the government's message is, anyone who gives up on a woman or kills a child, has no tolerance and forgiveness from the law.


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