The Supreme Court drafted a bill protecting those who committed minor crimes

It will affect women with children, adolescents and the disabled.

It is more humane to treat women with young children, adolescents and people suffering from serious illnesses, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation suggests. The highest judicial body has prepared a draft law, according to which, during the investigation, some of them will not be sent to a pre-trial detention center.

The draft law, which the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation plans to submit to the State Duma, will not affect those suspected or accused of committing grave and especially grave crimes, as well as crimes related to violence or the threat of violence. In addition, those who do not have a place of residence or place of stay on the territory of Russia, and those whose identity has not been established, will not fall under its actions. Citizens who have violated a previously chosen measure of restraint (for example, house arrest) or who have fled from the investigating authorities or the court will also not be able to count on indulgence. For those who have not committed anything of the kind, a preventive measure in the form of detention (that is, in a pre-trial detention center) will not be applied.

According to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, in 2022, the courts satisfied more than 55,000 petitions for a preventive measure in the form of detention for those suspected and accused of crimes that are not related to violence or the threat of its use. More than 2.5 thousand of them (5%) were accused of committing crimes of minor gravity, about 15 thousand (27%) – of medium gravity. Among them were women with young children and disabled people of groups I and II. The adoption of the law will make judicial practice more humane.