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    ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSES REVISING SOME ISSUES OF PUNITIVE POLICY

    YEREVAN, MAY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The amendments to be made in the RA
    Criminal Court Procedure Code, the RA Criminal Code, the RA Criminal
    Executive Code and the RA Law on Criminal Executive Service are aimed
    at making specifications in the punitive policy. Head of the Court and
    Legal Reforms Department of the RA Ministry of Justice Nikolai
    Arustamian told NT correspondent about it. It is envisaged to make the
    main specifications in such punitive measures as fine, as well as
    public and corrective labor. Particularly, according to N.
    Arustamian, it is intended to replace 2 years' imprisonment with
    public labor at the request of a convicted person. The Criminal
    Executive Code currently in force envisages such a possibility in case
    of availability of a court act on up to 1 year imprisonment. It is
    proposed abolishing corrective labor as a punitive measure, because
    studies show that this measure is gradually losing its effect and is
    not conducive to solution of the three major problems related to the
    use of punishment: restoration of social justice, prevention and
    correction of the convicted person. It is also envisaged to abolish
    fine as an additional punitive measure: statistical studies indicate
    that fine is seldom imposed as an additional punishment, while in case
    of its use, some problems arise. In many cases the main punishment is
    applied, while the additional one - fine is not. It was noted that
    pursuant to the RA Law on the National Assembly By-Laws, the Armenian
    government made a decision on May 11 to consider as urgent the package
    of the following draft laws: on making amendments to the RA Criminal
    Code, on making an addition and amendments to the RA Criminal
    Executive Code, on making additions to the RA Criminal Court Procedure
    Code, and on making amendments and additions to the RA Law on Criminal
    Executive Service.
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