Open AccessLong-Term Sentence in the Laws of the Former SFRY and Contemporary European Criminal Law
Author(s) -
Marina M. Simović,
Vladimir Šimović
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
godišnjak fakulteta pravnih nauka
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2232-9684
pISSN - 2232-9668
DOI - 10.7251/gfp2111044s
Subject(s) - life imprisonment , imprisonment , prison , sentence , law , legislation , criminal law , term (time) , political science , criminology , sociology , philosophy , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics
Life imprisonment is the term for a prison sentence based on which a convicted person remains in prison for their whole life. After the death penalty, it is the severest criminal sanction. Many countries have introduced it in their legislation as a substitute for the death penalty. On the other hand, many legislations have, along with the long-term sentence, introduced the possibility of the convicts’ release, most often conditional release. From the second half of the 20th century onwards, life imprisonment as well as the death penalty has most often been regarded an inhumane and inefficient sanction, given that people sentenced to life imprisonment are considered permanently excluded from society, that is, losing any kind of interest in rehabilitation. This paper analyses the issues related to long-term sentences - life imprisonment in the countries of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) and in the contemporary European criminal law.