New Juvenile Criminal Law: What Changes for Adolescents Aged 14-18
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This Saturday began to govern the rule that includes adolescents aged 14 and 15, when it was earlier from 16.In the Buenos Aires justice system the statistics project an increase of between 40% and 60% of criminal cases, although it is not ruled out that it can climb up to 80%.They warn that this flood of files will be covered with the same resources that they now have.
For 60 days, the Buenos Aires justice system stopped the reduction of the age of deprivation to 14 years. The measure responds to overcrowding, lack of infrastructure and lack of resources.
The new juvenile penal regime was approved last February and since that time at least six child murderers remained outside the scope of the law
The reform will replace the 1980 legislation, with changes in the age of imputability and the juvenile sanction scheme. What will happen to life sentences, the confinement regime and resociabilization?
When Congress passed the new Juvenile Criminal Law, article 52 of the Act provided that the reforms would enter into force 180 days after the
Judge Marta Elba Pascual suspended in the Province the application of Law 27.801, which incorporates into the penal regime adolescents aged 14 and 15. She warned that the current devices do not have the necessary conditions to receive more young people deprived of their liberty. Continue reading in Pura Ciudad: Frenan in Province the new Juvenile Penal Regime due to lack of capacity to accommodate more adolescents
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