Chega is not giving up as he sees an increase in prison sentences for crimes related to the murder of children. This Monday, he introduced a bill to the Assembly of the Republic for discussion and vote, which would increase the maximum prison sentence to 65 years for murders committed with particular viciousness, namely against children.
According to this bill, which CM had access, “the court must recognize the parole of a person sentenced to imprisonment for more than 25 years, after serving 15 years of imprisonment”, provided that the convicted person meets the conditions for such, which are provided by law.
If the court finds that “the conditions for the application of parole are not met, a new assessment must be carried out after 10 years and so on until the full serving of the prison sentence,” Andre Ventura’s party draft says.
This is the second time in two weeks that Chega has introduced a bill to parliament that would provide for harsher penalties for particularly cruel crimes against children, such as the murder of little Jessica in Setúbal, who was only three years old. .
In the first bill, Chega put forward the possibility for the courts to apply life imprisonment, a sentence that would be reviewed every 15 years. But the chairman of the Assembly of the Republic, Augusto Santos Silva, made the project unfeasible, deeming it unconstitutional.
In a text suggesting a maximum prison sentence of 65 years, Chega recalls that the maximum sentence in Portugal is 25 years, “which is never fully served.
In 2017, 93 people were sentenced to capital punishment for a total of 322 crimes (hence, there was legal duplication), including 107 murders, 36 violent robberies, 12 rapes and other crimes. Even if among these people there are those who do not want any rehabilitation, are unable to live in society, all the same, after serving five-sixths of their terms, they are released,” says Chega.
Author: Paulo Joao Santos
Source: CM Jornal
