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Recognition of human dignity and respect for fundamental human rights cannot be restricted to a single category of human beings. The idea that anyone could be considered non-persona, to whom an “Enemy criminal law” may be applied, is incompatible with an ultima ratio liberal notion of penal law.
The humanisation of criminal law is manifested in the growing number of contemporary societies that have abolished or limited the death penalty. Nevertheless, life or long-term imprisonment sentences still prevail, and are on the rise, despite lacking theoretical or philosophical justification in the laws that prescribe them.
In this article we will attempt to answer various questions regarding a possible justification for life imprisonment. Different theories will be examined regarding the goals of sentencing in order to determine, on discussing each theory, whether it is possible to justify life imprisonment or other long-term incarceration.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21017/Rev.Repub.2021.v30.a103
期刊介绍:
La Revista Republicana es una publicación semestral del Centro de Investigaciones de la Corporación Universitaria Republicana, institución universitaria ubicada en Bogotá D.C, Colombia. Tiene el propósito de visibilizar la producción académica de investigadores nacionales e internacionales concretada en artículos científicos que deben ser inéditos, resultado de proyectos de investigación preferiblemente terminados; en temas relacionados con el derecho y las ciencias sociales.