CLChilean Senate President Paulina Núñez introduced a bill to eliminate a legal exception that currently allows individuals convicted of sexual crimes against minors to receive sentence reductions based on exceptional behavior. The legislative move follows public criticism of the Ministry of Justice’s criteria for granting such benefits, which sparked broad political debate. The proposed amendment to Law No. 19.856 aims to ensure that the existing prohibition on sentence reductions for these offenses is applied strictly, requiring concrete evidence and verifiable calculations for any future penalty adjustments. While the new rules would apply to crimes committed after the law’s publication, they seek to strengthen oversight mechanisms to protect victims and restore public confidence in the judicial system. Concurrently, other lawmakers from the same political coalition have submitted separate initiatives, including a constitutional reform and additional bills, to further restrict access to sentence reductions for those convicted of sexual abuse.
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