El Salvador’s Bukele signs reforms allowing life prison sentences for people as young as 12
Government
SAN SALVADOR (AP) — Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday signed into law constitutional reforms to permit life prison sentences for people as young as 12, a contentious reform that follows other heavy-handed measures pushed through by the populist leader. The change was passed last month by the Legislative Assembly , which is controlled by Bukele’s party, and would apply to people convicted of committing or acting as an accomplice to crimes including homicide, femicide, rape and gang
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