Criminal law: penalties

Criminal punishment is a measure gosprinuzhdeniya, which the court appoints.It can be applied only to persons who have committed a crime, the composition of which is registered in the authorized capital of the country.The essence of criminal punishment is deprivation of liberty or other restriction of his rights.

different types of punishment.You can divide them into three categories.The first are those that are just basic.The second - the ones that are only optional.The third are those which may be optional and essential.

criminal penalties, which are the main:

- mandatory enforcement or correctional work;

- the death penalty;

- restriction of liberty;

- restriction on military service;

- arrest;

- in a disciplinary HF;

- imprisonment (for a definite or possible life sentence).

Additional penalties - is depriving the honorary title and state award, class rank.Separately, they will not be appointed.Deprivation of the right to engage in a certain activity and a fine - these are the kinds of punishments in criminal law, which may be optional, and basic.

under penalty refers to a monetary penalty, the grounds and which are listed in the Criminal Code.In general, the size of its appointed by the court.Everything depends on the circumstances of the case, the identity of the perpetrator, and so on.The penalty may be a specific amount of earnings or person for any period of time.A large amount can be paid in installments.Malicious evasion from payment thereof (for example, concealment of property) tend to be serious consequences.

person may be deprived of the right to engage in a particular activity or to hold office.Restrictions may be permanent or temporary.

man who as a punishment have been assigned community service should in free from the basic work, study time, to engage in unpaid community service.The particular their form, as well as the place in which they will be served, not appointed by the court, as, for example, the local authority after consultation with the criminal executive inspection.

Corrective works shall be appointed and the person who has no main place of work, and the person employed in a particular location.In the second case, the convicted person is serving them where he worked until conviction.In the first case, such a place would be chosen criminal executive inspection.Usually it is assigned based on residence condemned man.Maximum - two years.All this time, from the salary of the convicted person in favor of the state will be deducted a certain amount - not more than twenty percent.The same percentage is deducted from the allowances for servicemen, for which the court issued a verdict on the limitation of military service.

types of punishment include the restriction of freedom.In this case, the convicted person is limited to certain activities, such as go out at night, visiting the nightlife and so on.The maximum period of limitation of freedom - four years.All this time over the convicts are supervised.

Forced labor - the main alternative to imprisonment.Places of forced labor identified by the competent authorities.Maximum term - five years.

under arrest meant imprisonment for the term of which does not exceed six months.The arrested person is then in isolation from society.This time limit is exceeded can not be.

The verdict of the court a person can be imprisoned for a term not exceeding thirty years or for life.Capital punishment - the death penalty.The Criminal Code provides for it, but for many years was not made.The President has the right to pardon the condemned man to her.