The role of the Execution judge in the arbitrary individualization of the reaction against crime

Iran's new criminal policy in the legislative, judicial, and executive dimensions is in line with the rapprochement. On the other hand, the individualization of the execution of the punishment guarantees the reformative goals of the punishment. The present article emphasizes the necessity of "combining the policy of individualization of punishment with the criminal policy of rapprochement in the light of the role of the execution judge".The question Is: to what extent do the current powers provide the possibility of adapting the execution of the punishment to the personal, family, and social conditions of the criminal in line with the arbitrary criminal policy? In this article, in a descriptive-analytical way, the discretionary authority of the judge in the execution of the sentences has been criticized and analyzed from the perspective of arbitrary criminal policy. The findings of the research show that the authority of the judge to execute sentences is defined only in the framework of "primary exclusion" - based on the individual characteristics of the convicted person, while le the individualization of fraternity requires the creation of "secondary exclusion" mechanisms - based on conditions outside the personality of the convicted person and her/his behavior during the execution of the sentence.
1.Introduction
The criminal process does not end with the determination of the punishment, but the main stage after the verdict is the "execution of the punishment" and the effectiveness of the reaction against the crime and the realization of the goals of the punishment depends on how the punishment is applied and how much and how much the behavior of the "judge who executes the sentences" in the "pre-decision" stage. On the other hand, arbitrary criminal policy has many benefits for society, the accused, and the judicial system.
Some believe that the execution judge entered the criminal system with the purpose of individualizing punishments and has duties and powers in the field of suspension, postponement of sentencing, parole, partial release, and alternative punishments of imprisonment. (Mousavi Fard et al., 2016: 13) Therefore, the judge must know that she is an independent judge and her decisions can be appealed (Cartier, 2001: 90).
From the analytical point of view, what distinguishes the "current situation" from the "ideal situation" is the type of activism of the executive judge to combine the policy of individualization with the arbitrary policy. In this context, the main question of the research is whether the current authority of the judge to execute the sentence and the legal mechanisms of individualizing the execution of the punishment can be considered in line with the arbitrary criminal policy.

Methodology

In this article, in a descriptive-analytical way, the discretionary authority of the judge in the execution of the sentences has been criticized and analyzed from the perspective of arbitrary criminal policy.
For this purpose, the legal powers of the judge for the execution of sentences include "independent actions" and "dependent actions" and under each section, examples of "mandatory actions" and "discretionary actions" of the judge have been reviewed and in each case, to create areas of "individualization of rapprochement", while identifying and highlighting existing gaps and weaknesses, solutions have been proposed to improve the role of the judge in the execution of sentences.

Results and Discussion

From the author's point of view, the authority given to the judge for the execution of sentences, rather than being a purposeful and intelligent mechanism in the direction of judicialization of punishment and "executive- arbitrary segregation", is merely a form of incomplete division of work and removal of the workload from the shoulders of court judges.
On the other hand, merely involving a person with judicial expertise in the execution stage of the sentence, without giving independent legal powers and without taking into account a corrective approach in the application of punishment, is only an administrative shift rather than a judicial transformation in line with the knowledge of criminology.
In such a situation, where the final decision regarding the use of reconciliation mechanisms is in the hands of the court judge, perhaps we can talk about "judicial exclusion", but talking about "executive segregation" is very difficult and far from the realities and existing legal capacities. From this point of view, the exclusive jurisdiction of the judge for the execution of sentences requires having independent powers and turning "dependent actions" into "independent powers".
In this regard, the author's proposal, on the one hand, is to amend the legal provisions related to the authority of the judge of execution sentences to increase the independent authority of the judge of execution of sentences to individualize the execution of punishment and on the other hand, the collection of scattered provisions in the Islamic Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Law is under Article 489 of the latter law.

Conclusions

Merely giving authority to the judge to execute sentences without formulating and drawing a specific criminal policy will not only cause the punishments to be effective and not have a corrective effect but rather, sometimes the neglect and even abuse of the executive authority's aggravating powers will cause strictness on the convict and her exclusion from correctional institutions.
From this point of view, drawing and understanding the arbitrary criminal policy - which is the new strategy of Iran's criminal policy - and justifying the judges who execute sentences to use the capacity of arbitrary institutions, will provide the basis for the individualization of arbitrary and the realization of the reformist character of punishment.
Also, the individualization of punishment should not be based only on personality traits and individual conditions of self-condemned (primary segregation), but family, environmental, and peripheral factors and possibilities of punishment should also be considered in individualization (secondary segregation).
For example, the density of the prison population the spread of disease in the prison, or the prevalence of drug use or gross immorality in the prison environment should be a reason for the individualization of the execution of the sentence by the judge.
The intended mechanism can be in the form of adding a clause to Article 18 of the Islamic Penal Code, with the content that the court takes into account the following matters when issuing a penalty sentence:”… Side factors beyond the defendant's will and conditions such as prison facilities and population, natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes in the defendant's residence or the place of punishment, general health conditions such as widespread diseases and…”

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