This week, the Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ) of the House of Representatives approved a bill that links parole for convicted for rape to voluntary chemical castration. The text, which also foresees the increase of sentences for sexual crimes, goes to vote in the plenary of the house.
The approved proposal establishes that people convicted of rape may only progress as a regime or have the right to parole if they accept to undergo a voluntary chemical treatment to “reduce libido”.
“‘Chemical castration’ is used in the United States and Britain and does not involve surgical procedure,” said the text rapporteur, Deputy Captain Alberto Neto (PL-AM). “Voluntarily and painlessly, there is no need to talk about the dignity of the human person,” he added.
The approved measure replaces the Bill 6831/10, of former Deputy Paes de Lira (SP), already in force, and 56 other proposals that are jointly. According to Neto, changes discourage offenders and adjust the penalties. Deputies Rubens Pereira Júnior (PT-MA) and Helder Salomão (PT-ES) questioned the effectiveness of treatment.
Increased imprisonment penalties
The text also provides for the increase of penalties for other sexual crimes through changes in the Penal Code. The penalty for rape cases, which is currently 6 to 10 years, will go to 10 to 20 years and, if you involve severe bodily injury or if the victim is between 14 and 18 years old, she will go to 12 to 22 years.
From the current 10 to 20 years, the penalty for rape of vulnerable with severe bodily injury will increase to 14 to 24 years. Sexual violation by fraud will rise from 2 to 6 years to 4 to 8 years. In case of sexual harassment, there will be a 50% increase if the victim is a child or adolescent.
In addition, there will be an increase of 2/3 of the penalty for home libidinous act committed in these sexual crimes. The project also states that, in crimes against sexual and vulnerable freedom, the complaint can be made by the prosecutor without the need to complain of the victim.
Beatriz Hadler under the supervision of Marcelo Brasil.
