Acceso usuarios
Manuel Cerrada Moreno
Tradicionalmente, la prescripción de los delitos ha sido estudiada como una institución a la que se ha asignado una naturaleza jurídica material o procesal para derivar de ello consecuencias mediante el sistema lógico-deductivo, pero de este modo se llega a resultados que no son válidos, pues contradicen lo dispuesto en normas con rango jerárquico superior en el ordenamiento jurídico. En cambio, la posibilidad de prescripción puede ser vista como una cualidad de los delitos que afecta a su punibilidad. Esta concepción, más acorde con la existencia de delitos imprescriptibles, permitiría la celebración del juicio con independencia del tiempo transcurrido desde la comisión del delito, como medida de dignificación y reparación de las víctimas, aunque después, por razones de falta de la necesidad, la pena no se imponga o no se ejecute.
Traditionally, the statute of limitations of criminal offences has been studied as an institution to which a material or procedural legal nature has been ascribed and by which consequences are derived based on a logical-deductive system. However, this method gives rise to results which are not valid, given that they contradict the provisions found in higher level laws. However, the possibility of applying a statute of limitations to criminal offences may be seen as a quality of the offences that affects whether or not they are punishable. This view, which is more in accordance with the existence of criminal offences in which the statute of limitations can never be applied, would allow a trial to be held irrespective of the time that has elapsed since the criminal offence was committed, as a measure to compensate and uphold the dignity of victims, even if no penalty is subsequently imposed or enforced because this is deemed unnecessary.
