Parkhomenko Svetlana Valerievna , Romanova Ekaterina Ruslanovna

The question of the essence of the institution of limitation in criminal law is debatable. The author conducted an independent study, the purpose of which is to determine the goals of introducing the institution of limitation into the criminal law of Russia. The article examines the main approaches to determining the essence of the institution of limitation in criminal law; based on the results of their study, a conclusion was made about the lack of uniformity on the issue of the purposes of introducing the institution in question. As part of the article, a survey was conducted among practitioners: representatives of the prosecutor’s office and the legal profession, the results of which allowed us to come to the conclusion that the institution of expiration of the statute of limitations in criminal law is a procedural necessity, but the expiration of the statute of limitations does not reduce the degree of public danger of the committed act. The institution of limitation in criminal law does not allow exceeding the permissible time limits for criminal proceedings, motivating law enforcement agencies to carry out all procedural actions in a timely manner. All of the above allows us to come to the conclusion that the absence of the possibility of terminating criminal prosecution due to the expiration of the statute of limitations would indicate the possibility of endless criminal prosecution of persons who committed crimes. In conclusion, it is concluded that the institution of statutes of limitations fulfills the dual function of the institution: incentive, on the one hand, and restrictive, on the other.

statute of limitations, expiration of the statute of limitations, exemption from criminal liability, non-rehabilitative grounds, termination of criminal prosecution

Parkhomenko Svetlana Valerievna – Doctor of Juridical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Criminal Law Disciplines, Irkutsk Law Institute (branch) of the University of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation (1, Shevsova st., Irkutsk, 664035, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0000-0002-0370-3102, RSCI AuthorID: 404880, e-mail: psvet@mail.ru

Romanova Ekaterina Ruslanovna  – post-graduate student, Baikal State University (11, Lenina st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0009-0008-2864-3872, RSCI AuthorID: 1224828, e-mail: Ekaterina_rom98@mail.ru

Parkhomenko S. V., Romanova E. R. Legal Nature of the Institution of Statute of Limitations in Criminal Law[ Pravovaya priroda instituta istecheniya sroka davnosti v ugolovnom prave] Sibirskij yuridicheskij vestnik [Siberian Law Herald]. 2023, no 4(103), pp. 90–95. – DOI 10.26516/2071-8136.2023.4.90 (in Russian)

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