The Parliament accepted the proposal to amend the Penal Code submitted in connection with the murder of Tamás Till. Máté Kocsis said in his Facebook post: "Hungary will never be a country where criminals are allowed to run!"
The government-initiated proposal was prompted by the statute of limitations dispute surrounding the murder of Tamás Till and the prosecution of the alleged perpetrator.
In the end, the amendment was supported by 190 representatives, no one voted against it, and no one abstained.
However, seven were not present, Index wrote.
In the justification of the amendment, it was stated that the purpose of the bill is to eliminate the uncertainty of legal interpretation that may arise in connection with the currently effective normative text of Act C of 2012 on the Penal Code, and to clarify the consistent will of the legislator, according to which crimes punishable by life imprisonment - regardless of whether they were committed by adults or juveniles - they never expire.
The submitters stated:
"In the case of a serious crime punishable by life imprisonment - such as cases of qualified homicide - the principle of zero tolerance applies".
The amendment to the law was submitted after it was revealed that the man suspected of murdering 11-year-old Tamás Till cannot be held responsible for his actions because, according to the current law, the criminality of the crime committed in 2000 has expired. Because the suspect committed the crime when he was still 16 years old, that is, as a juvenile.
The law enters into force on January 1.
MTI / hirado.hu / civilek.info
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