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Brazil: Firearm Use to Aggravate Penalty in Violent Crime [PT]
16 May 2016
Agência Senado (Brazil)
[Translated summary: The use of firearms in crimes committed with violence or serious threat to the person may soon attract stiffer penalties. The harmful potential of the firearm will be considered in two ways: if the weapon is of permitted use, the penalty shall be increased in half and it will be doubled if the device used in the crime is of limited use.]
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