Factors that affect the qualification of murder in excess of the measures of detention of the person who committed the crime

Abstract

The application of the norm enshrined in Article 38 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation raises questions and discussions not only in the doctrine of domestic criminal legislation, but also in investigative and judicial activities. Currently, in the science of criminal law, there are different positions on the issue of the right to take the life of a person who has violated the law during his detention, which may negatively affect the application of legislation. In the study, the author used the dialectical method as a universal method of scientific cognition, which allowed to consider phenomena and processes in their interrelation and interaction. In addition, we have used a number of other methods of scientific research, such as formal legal, comparative legal, statistical, structural and system methods. The purpose of delivering a person who has committed a criminal offense to the authorities excludes the possibility of causing death to the detainee, in case of causing death during detention, these actions will in any case be illegal. Delivery to the authorities means that a living person must be delivered to the authorities. Thus, the deprivation of human life is not provided for in Article 38 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The author concludes that the rule on lawful infliction of harm during the detention of a person who has committed an act provided for by criminal law should be expanded and allowed in exceptional cases to cause death to an attacker, which is necessary in the interests of law-abiding citizens, society.