New rules about mitigation of penalty in Criminal Code of Serbia

Abstract

Penalty system in our criminal legislation has been severely changed with Criminal Code of 2005 and its changes in 2009. New penalties (community service and revocation of driver's license) were introduced along with new rules for determination of sentence. New solutions considering mitigation of penalty and remittance of punishment were also brought in. Criminal Code also incriminates two new institutes (voluntary prevention of consequence and settlement) as an optional ground for remittance of punishment. All these additions have opened new possibilities for determination of sentence and mitigation of penalty and their better adjustment to committed crime and its offender. However, some new problems occur on the process of mitigation of penalty. Therefore, it is necessary to find fast and proper solutions for these problems, not only through application of new rules but also through research of some future solutions that could be however found in next set of changes of Criminal code.

Krivičnim zakonikom iz 2005. godine i njegovim kasnijim izmenama i dopunama iz 2009. godine unete su značajne novine kako u sistem kazni u našem krivičnom zakonodavstvu, tako i u pravila o odmeravanju, ublažavanju i oslobođenju od kazne. Neke od ovih izmena bile su u funkciji proširivanja mogućnosti oslobođenja od kazne i ublažavanja kazne, kao što je uvođenje novih instituta stvarnog kajanja i poravnanja, ali su neke donete sa ciljem da se ublažavanje kazne u nekim slučajevima i za neka krivična dela ograniči. To je, s jedne strane, otvorilo nove, dodatne mogućnosti za odmeravanje kazne i njeno što bolje prilagođavanje učinjenom delu i njegovom učiniocu, ali stvorilo i nove probleme i nedoumice naročito prilikom ublažavanja kazne. Stoga je neophodno njihovo što brže i adekvatnije rešavanje, ne samo kroz doslednu primenu novih propisa, već i kroz iznalaženje novih, celishodnijih rešenja ovih pitanja prilikom eventualnih izmena i dopuna Krivičnog zakonika.