Development of Forgivable Crimes in the Penitentiary Reduction Law: A Practical Study of Challenges and Achievements

The division of crimes into forgivable and unforgivable is one of the main guarantees and manifestations of paying attention to the rights of the victim. In the law on reducing the punishment of imprisonment imposed in 1399, the legislator using various criteria such as; The type of crime committed, the amount of property seized, the history of the offender, the age of the offender, etc., has developed the scope of forgivable crimes. This action of the legislator has brought practical achievements in accordance with the components of justice and fairness, and challenges for the judicial authorities due to the ambiguous criteria and expressions. Considering the development of the scope of forgivable crimes in the law of reduction, the adoption of a judicial procedure in accordance with the mission of the law of reduction is the importance of conducting research. The main question is, what are the innovations and challenges facing the development of the scope of forgivable crimes in the law of reduction? Therefore, in this research, with a practical approach, and in a descriptive-analytical manner, these changes are examined and the research achievements include; Identifying the challenges and achievements of the law in relation to the development of the scope of crimes is forgivable.