Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko appealed to the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Law Enforcement with a proposal to strengthen criminal liability for those who take the lives of or rape children, UNN reports.
For particularly serious crimes against children - only life imprisonment. No compromises. Today I appealed to the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Law Enforcement with a proposal to strengthen criminal liability for those who take the lives of or rape children. And I hope that the people's deputies will support our initiative.
He noted that today, for the murder of a child, the perpetrators can receive a maximum of 15 years in prison, and even a chance for early release.
In my opinion, this is unfair. And here the question is rhetorical: can any verdict be fair when a child's life, their right to grow up, to achieve something in life, has been taken away? We will never know who the children whose lives were taken by criminals could have become: world-famous football players, or brilliant scientists, drivers or law enforcement officers?
The Prosecutor General emphasized that the country has lost part of its future. And the criminal, after serving a certain term, can return to normal life.
Therefore, I believe, and it is with this that I addressed the committee members, that the sentence for such crimes should be as fair as possible - an unconditional life sentence. And here the question is not about severity, but about justice and safety. When a criminal knows that for such an act he will never be released, I am convinced that this will be a deterrent.
The Prosecutor General noted that recently, prosecutors have upheld life imprisonment in a number of high-profile cases and gave examples.
Kyiv
Murder of Maksym Materukhin.
This audacious crime on the funicular in Kyiv shook the whole country. I personally joined the case as a state prosecutor. I saw the killer's eyes: no remorse, only arrogance and belief in impunity. I saw the parents' eyes: pain, regret and despair. We achieved a verdict as close to justice as possible - life imprisonment.
Kharkiv
The head of the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office proved in court the guilt of a 41-year-old man in committing crimes against the sexual freedom of a minor child. The verdict is life imprisonment.
Dnipro
The head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor's Office provided irrefutable evidence of the guilt of a 44-year-old monster who raped and molested three minor children, for which he received life imprisonment.
In Dnipropetrovsk region, prosecutors secured life imprisonment for a man who killed a minor child and committed sexual violence.
Terrible statistics:
· in the last 19 months, 67 children have been victims of intentional homicides;
· 531 children suffered from sexual violence, 360 of whom were under 14 years old.
Each of these cases is a tragedy and unspeakable pain. This is the voice of parents and children who ask for protection. Justice must be harsh, and punishment commensurate with the crime. I ask the people's deputies to support the initiative of the Prosecutor General's Office and amend the legislation of Ukraine. A murderer or rapist should no longer count on leniency or loopholes in the law.