Practice question · Estimate
What is the ordinary maximum duration, in years, of a prison sentence under Article 36 of the Criminal Code, leaving aside the exceptions the Code itself provides?
Estimate on a scale from 0 years (0) to 50 years (50).
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- Two decades.
- Twenty years, with a minimum of three months.
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Why
Twenty years, with a minimum of three months. Both figures are ordinary limits rather than absolute ones: the Code provides exceptions, and the aggregate limits on serving several sentences together are set separately. The pair is worth carrying because a proportionality argument has to start from where the ordinary scale actually runs.
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