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Brazil: Mitigating Factors for Sexual Crimes Against Women Suppressed

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An amendment to Brazil's Penal Code suppressing mitigating factors for crimes involving sexual violence against women came into force Friday after it was published in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette - DOU), following its enactment by acting President Geraldo Alckmin. The measure also reduced the statute of limitations for these cases.

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Crimes of sexual violence against women will no longer have a reduction of punishment and period of prescription for authors under 21 years or over 70 years of sexual violence against women will no longer have a reduction of punishment and the period of prescription for authors under 21 years or more. The new legislation adopted by Congress and sentenced by the President in exercise, Geraldo Alckmin, was published in the Official Journal of the …

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It entered into force on this Saturday (4) the law amending the Brazilian Criminal Code to end with offenders and reduce the prescribed period for crimes involving sexual violence against women. The sentence of the text published in the Official Journal of the Union (DU), was signed by the executive president Geraldo Alckmin. The offenders were applied when the crime author was less than 21 years old or more than 70 years old. In addition, for p…

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Crimes of sexual violence against women will no longer have a reduction in penalty and period of prescription (when the crime cannot be punished) when the criminal is more than 21 or more than 70 years old. That is what is determined by Law 15.160, published in the Official Journal of the Union this Saturday (4). Sanctified by the President-in-Office, Geraldo Alckmin, amending the Criminal Code by excluding the author's age from the date of the …

It was announced by the Minister of Justice, Mariano Cúneo Libarona. It will be through the reform of the Penal Code that the Executive will send to Congress.

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