Can fugitives surrender to justice with mitigated punishment

Can fugitives surrender themselves to the crime with mitigated punishment

The harmonious development of society is inseparable from the protection of law, and individuals or collectives who violate the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law need to accept corresponding criminal penalties according to law. According to the provisions of the Criminal Law, criminal punishment includes the principal punishment and supplementary punishment. The principal punishments are: public surveillance, criminal detention, fixed-term imprisonment, life imprisonment and death penalty. Additional punishments include: fine, deprivation of political rights and confiscation of property; There is also the expulsion of foreigners who commit crimes. The punishment that the perpetrator should accept is determined by his own criminal circumstances.

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Can fugitives surrender themselves to the crime with mitigated punishment

If the escapee chooses to take the initiative to bring the case to justice and account for the crime, this behavior is not considered as surrender oneself And can not be alleviated punishment Preferential treatment.
Only after the crime, Suspect He voluntarily surrendered to the judicial authority and confessed in detail what he was involved in charge And behavior can be recognized as voluntary surrender.
The law stipulates that criminals who report themselves may be given appropriate lighter or mitigated punishment.
However, if the circumstances of the crime are relatively minor, it may even be exempt from criminal punishment.
《 criminal law 》Article 67
Voluntary surrender refers to voluntary surrender after committing a crime and truthfully confessing one's crime. Criminals who voluntarily surrender may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment. Among them, those who commit minor crimes may be exempted from punishment.
If a criminal suspect, defendant or criminal serving a sentence who has been subjected to compulsory measures truthfully confesses his other crimes that the judicial organ has not yet mastered, he shall be deemed to have surrendered himself.
A criminal suspect who does not have the circumstances of voluntary surrender specified in the preceding two paragraphs but truthfully confesses his crime may be given a lighter punishment; If he truthfully confesses his crime and avoids particularly serious consequences, he may be given a mitigated punishment.

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