The lie and the fright equivalent to qualified homicide
when the legislator demon-strates that it needs to be contained
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Anticriminal Organization Law, Raul Jungmann Law, ultraviolent crimeAbstract
The article criticizes excessive Brazilian criminal legislative production and examines Law 15,358/26, which established the Legal Framework for Combating Organized Crime. The exposition argues that the law challenges dogmatics and democratic criminal policy by criminalizing lies and fright as heinous crimes, equating them with qualified homicide. The text analyzes the criminal type of article 3, VI, which punishes falsely claiming to belong to an ultraviolent criminal organization, and presents dogmatic and criminalpolicy criticisms, invoking Ferrajoli, the reservation of code, and proportionality. The investigation concludes with the manifest unconstitutionality of the provision.
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BRASIL. Lei nº 15.358, de 24 de março de 2026. Institui o Marco Legal do Combate ao Crime Organizado no Brasil (Lei Raul Jungmann) […]. Brasília: Presidência da República, 2026. Disponível em: https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2023-2026/2026/lei/l15358.htm. Acesso em: 21 set. 2026.
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