[NYTr] Mexican Senate Proposes More Severe Sentences for Sexual Violence
 
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:30:18 -0600 (CST)

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Mexican Senate Proposes More Severe Sentences for Sexual Violence

Mexico, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) The Mexican Senate proposed reforms of
the Federal Penal Code to punish those who commit sexual violation with
prison sentences of up to 20 years.

Mexican congressman Humberto Andrade Quezada said the current Federal
Penal Code establishes sentences from 8 to 14 years.

He specified that sexual violations increase, especially against women
and young girls, and the project wants to impose more severe
punishments.

Andrade Quezada said there was a request to elevate the punishment for
excess of aggressiveness against adolescents up to 7 years of prison,
when the maximum is four years.

He demanded state congresses and institutions to revise their judicial
frame to promote a greater severity and guarantee respect and integrity
for women in Mexico.

Mexican human rights and non-governmental organizations regard violence
against women as a social disease, affecting more than 9 million
Mexican women.

Forty-six percent of Mexican women recognized having been victims of
irritation, emotional or financial, physical or sexual abuse, according
to a poll by the National Women's Institute (INMUJER).

"The poll by our specialists revealed the existence of domestic
violence in 7 of each 10 Mexican homes," said Patricia Espinosa,
president of INMUJER.

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