The rapporteur decided to include in his opinion tougher sentence progression rules for those accused of crimes against vulnerable populations, such as young people, children and women.
The project then goes to the Senate.
“The provision of vetoing progression, or making it more restricted, already exists in my report in the case of members of criminal factions. I am now also including it for crimes such as femicides and rape of vulnerable people”, says Mendonça.
He says that one of the cases that led him to make this decision was . The decision was later reversed. The rapporteur also cites the rise in femicides across the country as a reason for inclusion.
on reducing the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16, a measure that is opposed by the Lula government.
“The topic is very controversial, but it has an extraordinary support from the population. Today, people under the age of 17, 16, are used to kill and the biggest penalty is a three-year socio-educational measure. There is a trivialization of death and murder”, he says.
According to him, the reduction of the age of criminal responsibility is a trend in several countries, such as Germany, the United Kingdom and the USA. Recently,
“The movement in Argentina reinforces the argument from a political point of view, but of course I don’t want to dare to reach 14 years old”, he says.
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