The bill that modifies articles 72,128, 130, 131 and 135 of Law 1160/97 of the Criminal Code, which aims to increase the custodial sentence and replace the figure of crime, by crime, to those who commit sexual abuse or actions that involve sexual acts of children or other people of higher age will have a new passage through the Chamber of Deputies.
In the current article 72 and introduces in the second paragraph, section 4, lto chemical castration for life, upon serving the custodial sentence correspondent.
“This is looking for limit the possibilities of recidivism of the person who commits the abuse”explained Deputy Ramírez, in an interview with 780 AM.
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He considered that the issue was sufficiently debated during the 2022 sessions and that action should be taken this year, with the approval of the project.
In article 128, on sexual coercion and rape, a punishment with imprisonment is stipulated 20 years and older, regardless of the age of the victim.
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