Legislative philosophy the Lifetime Imprison penalty in the Iraqi Legislation

Abstract

The philosophy of punishment is the penalty decided by the law for the crime stipulated in it for the benefit of society, and the Iraqi legislator took the philosophy of hierarchy of penalties, according to the gravity of the crime from fine, severe imprisonment, simple imprisonment, temporary imprisonment, life imprisonment and death But what made the matter more complicated was the reintroduction of the death penalty under Cabinet Order No. 3 of 2003. this is what As a consequence, conflicting judicial rulings were issued, due to the lack of unity of legislation and its lack of clarity.