TFL Vsebine / Revija Pravnik

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Denarna kazen je v Evropi dobro sprejeta, saj v večini držav predstavlja več kot polovico vseh izrečenih kazni. Od njene uvedbe je doživela številne spremembe. Najpomembnejša je uvedba dnevnih zneskov, ki omogoča socialno pravičnost pri njenem izrekanju. Ena od glavnih težav denarne kazni pa je njena nadomestitev z zaporno kaznijo v primeru neplačila, saj s tem storilca doleti kazen, ki ne odraža teže njegovega dejanja. Države si na različne načine prizadevajo doseči čim večji delež izvršenih denarni kazni, tudi z uvajajem dela v korist skupnosti kot alternativo nadomestnemu zaporu. V Sloveniji je vloga denarne kazni bistveno drugačna od večine evropskih držav; po letu 1990 začne njen delež močno upadati in znaša leta 2014 manj kot štiri odstotke. Statistični podatki tudi kažejo, da jo nekatera sodišča izrekajo bistveno pogosteje kot druga, kar spodjeda načelo enakosti kaznovanja.

The financial penalty is well received in Europe, since it makes up more than half of all imposed penalties in most countries. It has gone through many changes since its first introduction. The most important one being the introduction of the day-fine, which allows social fairness at imposition. One of the main issues of the financial penalty is its replacement with a prison sentence in case of non-payment, since the offender is given a sentence which does not reflect the gravity of the offences. Countries seek to achieve a greater share in the exceution of financial penalties in different ways, such as introducing community service as a substitute to prison for fine defaulters. In Slovenia the role of the financial penalty is different to most other European countries; after 1990 its share began to drop severely and constituted less than 4% in 2014. Statistics show that some courts impose it far more often than others, which undermines the principle of equal punishment.

Financial Penalty