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T1 Revisable Permanent Prison Sentence: the de facto life sentence in Spain
A1 Martín Aragón, María del Mar
A2 Derecho Internacional PúblicoPenal y Procesal
K1 penology
K1 revisable permanent prison
K1 sentencing
AB By the Constitutional Law 1/2015, the Spanish Criminal Code was amended tointroduce a new sentencing under the name “revisable permanent prison”, whichbasically allow parole ineligibility periods and abolish opportunities for early parolereviews for certain serious offences. So as a result, Spain do have mandatory lifesentence under a politically correct name, in order to be respectful with theconstitutional requirements which stablish that the main aim of the imprisonment mustbe the rehabilitation.The paper focus on legal aspects -such as the constitutionality of this sentence or itsrelation with the penitentiary system- and on the criminological ones, such as thepossibilities of rehabilitation and the consequences of long term imprisonment no justfor the inmate theirself, but also for their inner circle. Related to the rehabilitation, theproblem of the sentence development is addressed from two different views; from thelack of prediction in the law and from the penitentiary scope.The key elements of this entire truss designed by the lawmaker are the victims, whoseconcerns are not understand as a needing of expanding their safety as a criminal policygoal, but in such a way that they have been transformed into policy sanctification. Inthat way, it is highlighted here how the media influence the perception the people haveon the criminal issue and the important role that have recently played the victims’lobbies in the criminal law development.
YR 2018
FD 2018-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33121
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33121
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 06-nov-2026