Does the Czech Republic Punish Rape Lightly? According to Tejc, No.

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The Czech public has long disagreed with the sentences imposed on perpetrators of sexually motivated crimes, despite this, according to Jeroným Tejc (for ANO), the Czech Republic is not among the countries where these acts are punished leniently. In addition, the Ministry of Justice has now sent an amendment to the comment procedure that will introduce new facts into the codes.

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The change in the definition of rape in the Criminal Code, effective since last January, should, according to Justice Minister Jeroným Tejc, largely guarantee that courts will not impose suspended sentences for rape to the same extent as before. According to the minister, the Czech Republic is not among the states that would punish rape cases lightly, he said on September 1 at a parliamentary seminar on sexually motivated crime.   Definition.