When Can Repentance Mitigate Criminal Punishment?
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https://doi.org/10.7203/CEFD.50.26456
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In the criminal law literature, repentance becomes relevant in a specific context: conviction, more precisely, in determining the penalty of an individual who has been found responsible for the commission of a crime and who, in turn, expresses remorse for their actions. From a communicative conception of punishment, this paper addresses the following questions: does repentance mean a lesser criminal reproach, or is it indifferent to the determination of the penalty? If it implies an approach to the minimum punishment stipulated by legislation, when is it reasonable for this to occur?
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Manuel Francisco Serrano, Universidad Nacional de San Luis - CONICET
Abogado (UNSL), Magíster en Filosofía (UNQ), Doctor en Derecho y Ciencias Sociales (UNC), becario del CONICET. Profesor Asistente de Ética en la UNSL
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