child-abuse rape sentencing portugal
Criminal penalties in Portuguese law for rape?
<p>How long or short of a prison sentence can one get in Portugal for rape or domestic abuse?</p>

<p>The maximum sentence for any offense in Portugal is 25 years under Article 41 of the <a href="https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/4288/file/Portugal_CC_2006_en.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Penal Code of Portugal</a> (PCC).</p>
<p><a href="http://europam.eu/data/mechanisms/PF/PF%20Laws/Portugal/Portugal_criminal%20code_1982_amended2015_por.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Article 152</a> of the PCC provides that domestic violence is punishable by up to 5 years in prison.</p>
<p><a href="http://europam.eu/data/mechanisms/PF/PF%20Laws/Portugal/Portugal_criminal%20code_1982_amended2015_por.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Articles 163-174</a> of the PCC set forth penalties for a variety of sex offenses (incidentally, &quot;rapto&quot; is a false friend in Portuguese which looked like &quot;rape&quot; in English but means &quot;kidnapping&quot; or more literally &quot;abduction&quot; in Portuguese). The most severe penalty available for any of these sex offenses (assuming it is not a  aggravating factor of another crime with a more severe penalty like murder or kidnapping) is six years in prison. Most sex offenses in Portugal are punishable by not more than five years in prison.</p>
<p>There are punishments in addition to imprisonment that can be imposed in many cases, but the question asks only about prison sentences.</p>
<p>The minimum sentences are not meaningful because alternative sentencing options exist.</p>
