What is the maximum prison term?
(Baonghean.vn) - Mr. Nguyen Dong, residing in Quynh Luu district, asked: How is the fixed-term imprisonment penalty for a person who commits a crime regulated? In which cases is this penalty not applied?
Reply:
Executing a fixed-term prison sentence essentially deprives the convicted person of certain freedoms, isolating him or her from the normal social environment for a certain period of time.
The execution of a fixed-term prison sentence is not only intended to punish criminals, but also to educate them to become useful members of society, conscious of obeying the law and rules of social life, and to prevent them from committing new crimes.
Article 38The 2015 Penal Code provides forFixed term imprisonmentas follows:
1. Fixed-term imprisonment is forcing the convicted person to serve the sentence at a detention facility for a certain period of time.
Fixed-term imprisonment for a person who commits a crime has a minimum term of 03 months and a maximum term of 20 years.
Time spent in detention or temporary detention is deducted from the term of imprisonment, each day of detention or temporary detention is equal to 1 day in prison.
2. A fixed-term prison sentence shall not be applied to a first-time offender who commits a less serious crime unintentionally and has a clear place of residence.
