The Prosecutor General's Office has prepared a concept for improving criminal liability measures

December 10, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. The Prosecutor General's Office has developed a concept for improving criminal liability measures. This was announced today by Prosecutor General of Belarus Grigory Vasilievich at the international scientific and practical conference "Legal Culture as a Condition for the Formation of a State Governed by the Rule of Law" in Vitebsk, BELTA correspondent reports. According to Grigory Vasilievich, the document will help guide legislators, courts, prosecutors, and other law enforcement agencies in optimizing liability measures that take into account the interests of both the state and society, as well as the interests of an individual who has made a mistake and needs a chance to rectify the situation. "The approach to punishment should be differentiated and individualized, therefore, it is necessary to find the most optimal course of action in terms of sentencing," the Prosecutor General noted. In the overall structure of punishments, imprisonment accounts for about 25%, and arrest for a term of 3 to 6 months accounts for about another 10%. According to Grigory Vasilievich's assessment, this is a small figure, but at the same time, the need has arisen to make certain adjustments to optimize the imposed terms of imprisonment. The fact that the terms are not optimal is evidenced by the frequent adoption of amnesty laws, although this is a very important gesture on the part of the state aimed at solving certain problems. "First of all, we are talking about economic crimes, where a wider application of punishments such as fines and community service, which, in my opinion, are more effective, is possible," Grigory Vasilievich believes. In recent times, the Prosecutor General's Office has been making significant efforts to improve legislation. "Although this is not within our competence and we do not have the right of legislative initiative, the optimization and improvement of the efficiency of the national legal system is a state-wide task," Grigory Vasilievich added. -0-