Palavra do vulnerável como subsídio para o risco de condenação

Abstract

The present study with the theme "THE WORD OF THE VULNERABLE AS A SUBSIDY FOR THE RISK OF CONDEMNATION" has as general objective to discuss the valuation of the word of the vulnerable victim in sexual crimes. As the specific objective, it’s considered to analyze the risks of condemnation based only on what the vulnerable victim of sexual crime says. This is a deductive study by means of a Bibliographic Review. The violation of vulnerable is a criminal type created with the Law 12015, on August 2009, which replaced the former Article 224 of the Penal Code, which in turn dealt with the presumption of violence. Vulnerable victims, by law, are those under the age of fourteen years old, the great problem of this kind of crime, which encompasses the carnal conjunction and other libidinous acts, is that sometimes they don’t leave proof of their occurrence, where the victim's word assumes prominence in the probative confirmation. Thus, the verdict must exist only when there is imminent certainty of a crime and the accused is the perpetrator.