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Court allows suspension of criminal sentence execution when strong hope exists for offender's reform through simple censure and threat.

Case Number 040311
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Supreme Court of Justice unanimously allowed the suspension of criminal sentence execution based on the recusal appeal. The court found that strong hope existed for the offender to abandon criminality through simple censure and the threat of punishment. Consequently, the court determined that the needs of reproval and prevention were satisfied without immediate execution of the penalty.

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SUSPENSÃO DA EXECUÇÃO DA PENA PREVENÇÃO CRIMINAL

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suspension of sentence execution criminal prevention policy simple censure effectiveness threat of punishment recusal appeal procedure offender reform hope procedural suspension grounds

Cited Legislation

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Art. 52, n.º 1 do Código de Processo Penal
Art. 53 do Código de Processo Penal

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00020194

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ198912130403113

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/623261EEE6BAA901802568FC003A9DDA?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Pode proceder-se à suspensão de execução da pena se, face às circunstâncias, existir forte esperança de que a simples censura do facto e a ameaça da pena bastam para que o delinquente se afaste da criminalidade e se satisfaçam as necessidades de reprovação e prevenção do crime.