Issues of life imprisonment as an alternative to the death penalty: Russian experience
The article deals with the implementation of the norms of criminal law, establishing a criminal penalty of life imprisonment as an alternative to the death penalty, and the issues of their practical application. Attention is paid to the effectiveness and rationality of such punishment as life imprisonment. The author believes that at this stage of development of the institution of life imprisonment is particularly relevant to create a system of social prospects for convicts depending on their behavior and served time. To this end, it seems appropriate to envisage the possibility of reducing the period of parole. It is proposed to take into account in the Russian reality the European experience of criminal punishment in the form of imprisonment.