El Salvador Allows Life Sentences for Minors as Young as 12
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has signed reforms into law that permit life prison sentences for individuals as young as 12 years old. This change applies to minors convicted of serious crimes.
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El Salvador’s Bukele signs reforms allowing life prison sentences for people as young as 12 - AP News
El Salvador’s Bukele signs reforms allowing life prison sentences for people as young as 12 AP News
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The reforms signed by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele would apply to people convicted of committing or being an accomplice to crimes including homicide, femicide, rape and gang membership.
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The new sentencing measure comes as President Nayib Bukele oversees a four-year-long state of emergency against crime.
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El Salvador to apply life sentences to minors for serious crimes The Straits Times
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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has enacted legal reforms allowing life imprisonment for minors as young as 12 convicted of homicide, terrorism, or rape, according to the country’s official gazette. The measures, published on Tuesday and scheduled to take effect April 26, follow a constitutional amendment approved in March by the government-controlled Congress. The changes eliminate […]
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El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has enacted sweeping legal reforms allowing life imprisonment for minors as young as 12 convicted of serious crimes such as homicide, terr...
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