the Relevant amendments proposed to the Labour code and other laws. On the eve of a package of bills that exclude murderers and rapists to the wheel of public transport, addressed the sub-Commission on the improvement of control functions of the governmental Commission for administrative reform.
by the Way, in the beginning of the year, “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” wrote that a similar initiative is being developed. Then, many experts expressed concern: do not lose the people who stumbled in life, a second chance? Will not close if another way of earning an honest living from the former bribes, time served, or once a malicious alimony?
the text of the draft dispels fears the ban will not be total. The document clearly spelled out a list of articles of the criminal code, which taxi drivers will not take. Murderers, rapists, terrorists don’t get a second chance in a taxi: first of all, the passengers are not ready to be with them in one machine.
“the Bill is designed to improve the safety of public transport, including taxi, – said the Chairman of the Association of lawyers of Russia Vladimir Gruzdev. – To safeguard the life and health of passengers it is proposed to prohibit persons who have outstanding conviction for grave and especially grave crimes, to work as a taxi drivers, buses, trams, trolleybuses. Thus, under the action of this rule will fall primarily persons convicted for violent crimes.”
According to him, among serious and very serious crimes that this prohibition is proposed to establish in the case of committing grave and especially grave crimes provided by articles UK “Murder”, “Intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm”, “Torture”, “Rape”, “Terrorist act”, etc.
“Analysis of research in the field of criminal law and criminology showed that currently there is a rise of violent crimes committed by hooligan motives, and also to satisfy certain physiological needs, – said Vladimir Gruzdev. Among the perpetrators of violent crime for such reasons, about 20.8 percent have mental abnormalities, not excluding sanity. Experts noted the low likelihood of a possible re-education of criminals”.
