What is the maximum prison term?
(Baonghean.vn) - Mr. Nguyen Dong, residing in Quynh Luu district, asked: How is the fixed-term imprisonment for a person who commits a crime regulated? In what 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 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 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, with each day of detention or temporary detention equaling one day in prison.
2. A fixed-term imprisonment shall not be applied to first-time offenders who commit less serious crimes unintentionally and have a clear place of residence.
