Criminal legal and procedural aspects of life imprisonment
This paper has briefly discusses the norms of substantive and procedural law governing the institution of life imprisonment. The author attempts to analyze life imprisonment as an independent type of punishment, focuses on the criteria for assigning this type of punishment by the courts of the Russian Federation, the possibilities of mitigating the fate of the convicted person, in order to identify problematic issues. Object. Taking into account the urgency of the problem, it is necessary to analyze the implementation of both the specified punishment itself and the right of those sentenced to life imprisonment to conditional early release and pardon at the present stage, and to assess the prospects for improving legal norms. Conclusions. The author believes that the current rules concerning the conditional early release of persons sentenced to life imprisonment should be clarified. It requires additional study of the mechanisms for the release of convicts, control over their life after release, and their reintegration into society.