El Salvador to apply life sentences to minors for serious crimes
Source: Reuters
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has enacted legal reforms allowing life imprisonment for minors as young as 12 convicted of homicide, terrorism, or rape, according to the country's official gazette.
The measures, published on Tuesday and scheduled to take effect April 26, follow a constitutional amendment approved in March by the government-controlled Congress.
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The constitutional amendment came days after an international legal panel reported "reasonable grounds" to suggest El Salvador has committed crimes against humanity during a years-long state of emergency.
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The 44-year-old president's ongoing state of emergency, which suspends various constitutional guarantees, has led to the detention of more than 90,000 people. Humanitarian organizations estimate at least 500 of those detainees have died in state custody.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/el-salvador-apply-life-sentences-minors-serious-crimes-2026-04-15/
Bukele is a monster. So of course both Trump and Musk support him (Musk will be helping with AI indoctrination of schoolkids - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143580868 ).
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I had no idea El Salvadore was so ruthless until all this blew up about prisons. 2nd only to ruskies imo.
Their personalities are formed & habits in place, sadly for them & the victims.
