El Salvador Issues First Life Sentence in History Under New Criminal Justice Reforms
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The Congress, dominated by the ruling party, eliminated in April the constitutional prohibition of life imprisonment, so that it can now be applied to murderers, rapists and terrorists. Until then the maximum sentence was 60 years in prison, with mechanisms for reducing sentence. Then, Bukele had passed a rule that extended punishment to minors who commit murder, rape or participate in terrorism. "This is the first life sentence in the history o…
A court in El Salvador issued the first sentence of life imprisonment, since the reform of the Constitution in the Central American country.
SAN SALVADOR (AP) — On Friday, a Salvadoran court imposed the first sentence of life imprisonment against a person prosecuted for the crime of aggravated homicide and robbery.
A San Salvador court imposed for the first time in the history of the country a sentence of life imprisonment, after Congress eliminated in April the constitutional prohibition of this sanction.
El Salvador's justice handed down for the first time a life sentence against a man sentenced for murder, following a legal reform promoted by President Nayib Bukele, the prosecution reported on Friday (11.09.2026). Congress, dominated by the ruling party, eliminated in April the constitutional prohibition of life imprisonment, so that [...] El Salvador's first sentence of life imprisonment was first published in Foco Informativa.
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