The Rada failed to reinstate the death penalty

People's deputies decided not to reinstate the death penalty in Ukraine. Only 32 people's deputies voted for the introduction of amendments to certain laws “Regarding the strengthening of criminal liability for certain crimes” No. 4432, which provided for the reinstatement of the death penalty. And 31 parliamentarians voted to send the document for revision.


As Liga reports, the draft law provided for the possibility of using the death penalty as an exceptional measure for such crimes as intentional murder (Part 2 of Article 115 of the Criminal Code), human trafficking, other illegal agreements regarding a person (Part 3 of Article 149 of the Criminal Code), robbery (Part 4 of Article 186 of the Criminal Code), banditry (Article 257 of the Criminal Code), a terrorist act (Part 3 of Article 258 of the Criminal Code), smuggling of drugs and psychotropic substances (Part 3 of Article 305 of the Criminal Code), and accepting a bribe (Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code).

The bill also proposed to establish the possibility of applying punishment in the form of life imprisonment for such crimes as rape (Part 4 of Article 152 of the Criminal Code), defilement of minors (Part 2 of Article 156 of the Criminal Code), misappropriation of property through abuse of office (Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code), procuring (Part 4 of Article 103 of the Criminal Code), illegal production, manufacture, or sale of drugs and psychotropic substances (Part 3 of Article 307 of the Criminal Code), and bribery (Part 2 of Article 369 of the Criminal Code).