Violation Of The Principle Of Legality In The Crime Of Femicide, Superior Court Of Justice Of Santa, Chimbote, 2020 – 2021

Abstract

The objective of this article is to determine whether the principle of legality is violated in the crime of femicide, taking into consideration the criminal proceedings before the Superior Court of Justice of Santa, Chimbote, during the years 2020 and 2021.

To this end, it has been considered important to develop the criminal offence of femicide in Peruvian regulations, and the crime studied and its evidentiary difficulty have also been analyzed. Similarly, scope has been provided on the jurisprudence and jurisdictional plenums related to the crime in question and finally the existence of the violation of the principle of legality in criminal proceedings on the crime of femicide in the jurisdiction of the Judicial District of Santa Claus will be demonstrated.