Non-prosecution agreement and the superior courts' case law on procedural rules of material content

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Authors

  • Bruno Viana de Araujo Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro
  • Gabriel Bustamante Pires Leal Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Rio de Janeiro, PUC/RJ, Brasil.

Keywords:

Negotiating Criminal Justice, Retroactivity, Penal Law, Procedural Law

Abstract

The so-called Non-Persecution Agreement, inserted in the Brazilian Criminal Procedure Code by Law 13.964/2019 (Anticrime Act), has raised a number of discussions in case-law and legal writings. This paper seeks to respond if a plea bargain can be reached in ongoing cases, in light of the tension between legal principles of novatio legis in mellius and tempus regit actum. We briefly analyse how Brazilian Superior Court of Justice and the Supreme Court have been addressing this issue, then recall the debate over an unconstitutionality lawsuit ruled by the Supreme Court in 1997 (ADI 1.719) to claim that the ANPP can be reached in ongoing cases, given the substantial legal nature of the procedural rule laid down in article 28-A of the Criminal Procedure Code. 

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Author Biographies

Bruno Viana de Araujo , Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro

Graduado em Direito pela UERJ. Bolsista de iniciação científica pelo Laboratório de Ciências Criminais do IBCCRIM/RJ. Membro dos Grupos de Estudos Avançados do IBCCRIM/RJ em Erro Judiciário e Direito Penal Econômico. Advogado. 

Gabriel Bustamante Pires Leal , Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Rio de Janeiro, PUC/RJ, Brasil.

Graduado em Direito pela PUC/RJ. Pós-graduando em Direito Penal e Criminologia pelo ICPC. Advogado. 

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Published

2024-07-16

How to Cite

Viana de Araujo , B., & Bustamante Pires Leal , G. (2024). Non-prosecution agreement and the superior courts’ case law on procedural rules of material content . Boletim IBCCRIM, 29(348), 16–18. Retrieved from https://publicacoes.ibccrim.org.br/index.php/boletim_1993/article/view/1388

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 348 (2021): Boletim IBCCRIM - Novembro

Section

Doutrina

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