Laisvės atėmimu iki gyvos galvos nuteistų asmenų lygtinis paleidimas: tarptautiniai standartai, užsienio šalių patirtis ir pasiūlymai Lietuvai
| Author | Affiliation |
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Bikelis, Skirmantas | |
Teisės institutas |
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2008 |
Straipsnyje analizuojami laisvės atėmimu iki gyvos galvos nuteistų asmenų lygtinio paleidimo tarptautiniai standartai, užsienio šalių teorija ir praktika, pristatoma teisinė ir praktinė situacija Lietuvoje, pateikiami siūlymai, kaip ją reikėtų ir būtų galima keisti.
The article provides an analysis of the international standards, foreign theory and practice relating to parole of life-sentenced persons; a legal and practical situation is presented, and proposals on how it should and could be changed are given. Life imprisonment in many countries of the world is imposed as the strictest penalty for the gravest crimes. On the other hand, the concept of that penalty as used in the Lithuanian and many other languages has not been in conformity with its essence and contents since of long – most often this penalty is not served “life long”, foreseeing milder or stricter legal conditions, with the existence of which a persons sentenced to this penalty may be released (on parole) from the place of imprisonment. This article is devoted to analysis of international standards relating to the execution of life sentence as well as analysis of the European Union legislation and practice in this field, presentation of the situation in Lithuania. In Lithuania, neither the Criminal Code nor the Code of the Execution of Penalties provides the opportunity of release (on parole) of a life-sentenced person, except for petition for mercy or amnesty procedure. [...]