AMNESTY AS A FORGIVENESS OF A PERSON WHO COMMITTED AN ACT PROHIBITED BY LAW

Within the framework of this article, the signs that characterize the amnesty as a constitutional legal phenomenon, as well as some issues of determining the content and essence of the amnesty in the Russian Federation as the forgiveness of persons who have committed acts (crimes), are considered. The relevance of the research topic is characterized by the degree of development of the institution of amnesty, its influence on the legal status of persons held accountable and punished by authorized law enforcement agencies. Proper regulation of constitutional rights, including individual legal instruments, is an integral element of the modern model of a democratic constitutional state. In the Russian Federation, the highest bodies of state power have repeatedly resorted to issuing acts of amnesty. The latter was published by the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in 2015. The question of the possibility of declaring a new amnesty is discussed annually. In this regard, the problems of determining the categories of potentially amnestied persons and measures aimed at leveling the negative social consequences of the application of amnesty are becoming relevant for modern criminological science. Special attention deserves a set of methods of criminological research, with the help of which it is possible to obtain information that is important for the development of a draft amnesty act Special attention deserves a set of methods of criminological research, with the help of which it is possible to obtain information that is important for the development of a draft amnesty act. It is necessary to interpret the content of the institution of amnesty uniformly. Within the framework of scientific activity, the author analyzes some aspects of the content of the concept of amnesty, compares the theoretical and practical aspects. The article analyzes the rules governing the implementation of the amnesty by the State Duma of the Russian Federation. Some features of this institution are revealed; in particular, the intersectoral affiliation of the amnesty is indicated. The problematic issues of the institution of amnesty regarding legal regulation are considered.

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Petrova G. O. Amnesty as a forgiveness of a person who committed an act prohibited by law. Business. Education. Law, 2022, no. 3, pp. 270—274. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2022.60.387.