The Minister of the Interior opined that some offenses could be considered serving the entire sentence imposed by a court without parole provisions. Makis Voridis.

In an interview with the “First Program” and referring to the conditional dismissal, he said that from now on, the Ministry of Justice should worry about individual cases of either especially serious crimes or criminal personalities. “We have a serial killer, does it make sense for a serial killer to be released on parole? That is, a person who has committed two, three, four, five murders in different periods of his life, are we going to pull him out of prison? he said characteristically.

“There are certain cases of crimes or criminals who, either because of the personality or because of the heinousness of the act, we might consider serving the full sentence imposed by the court. To do all this so that there are no preferential conditions and other things,” he emphasized. “There should be no legal possibility to judge dismissal with conditions,” he added, also mentioning offenses related to child sexual abuse.

At the same time, he noted that the Ministry of Justice added conditions to the conditional dismissal, data on the danger of the perpetrator, whether he corrected himself, data on his personality, the risk of committing new criminal acts. “So he also sees it from this point of view, a specific administrative body that judges this dismissal,” which, according to him, is very important. In addition, he noted that the penalties provided specifically for offenses relating to sexual freedom and dignity, as well as for a number of offenses, as amended by the current government in the Criminal Code as a whole, are correct.

Regarding life imprisonment, he said that “in some cases, a life sentence should be a life sentence.” “If you have a terrorist who killed 17 people and never repented, why not serve a life sentence, spend the rest of his life in prison?” the minister added.

Asked if his opinion on converting a life sentence to a life sentence could be adopted at the government level, he replied: “Society requires an appropriate sentence, and since this debate opens in public debate, I believe that this will also create thoughts for the Ministry of Justice. in which direction should he move? With regard to child rapists, who currently carry life sentences, Mr Voridis made it clear that a life sentence should indeed be a life sentence.

With regard to the implementation of chemical castration, according to Mr. Voridis, something similar, although this is a complex issue with many aspects, could become a criminal mediation mechanism. According to him, this is used in foreign countries as a security measure for society, if the offender agrees to this measure, in order to get out of prison without serving the full sentence.

“So tell him that in order for you to be released from prison after you serve, say, 20 years, you will be eligible for parole after you actually serve 6 years, but at 6 years, to be eligible, you will have to take this medical act on you,” he said. Asked if he agreed with the introduction of such an institution, Mr. Voridis replied that “this needs to be considered.”

^{According to ERTNEWS.GR}