Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:45:40 +0200https://english.radio.cz/justice-minister-wants-harsher-punishment-capital-offences-8073161© 2026 Radio Prague International Justice Minister Pavel Rychetsky has announced a planned amendment to the penal code which would entail harsher punishment for capital offences. Serious crimes such as terrorism, hostage-taking, murder, torture, rape and child abuse -for which there is now a maximum 15 year sentence -should, according to minister Rychetsky - be punishable by up to 25 years in prison. The proposal has been well received both by the public and the Union of Czech Judges. Judge Jan Vyklicky explains why change is necessary: encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/soud.jpg?timestamp=1591476902 https://english.radio.cz/justice-minister-wants-harsher-punishment-capital-offences-8073161 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9