Judicial Reasoning on Imprisonment and Rehabilitation for Personal Narcotics Use in Limboto District Court Decisions
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This doctrinal study examines judicial reasoning in three Limboto District Court decisions reported to combine imprisonment with medical and social rehabilitation. Statutory, conceptual, and case analysis addresses Decisions Nos. 54/Pid.Sus/2024/PN Lbo, 90/Pid.Sus/2024/PN Lbo, and 94/Pid.Sus/2025/PN Lbo. The case summaries report prison terms of eighteen to twenty-two months and six months of rehabilitation within a correctional institution. The analysis distinguishes personal use, addiction, and victim status, and evaluates the reasons for the sanction, treatment duration, and placement. A conviction under Article 127 does not itself establish clinical dependence or satisfaction of every rehabilitation criterion. Nor does the absence of an assessment report from the research materials prove that no assessment occurred. The article proposes a prospective model centered on individual assessment, structured judicial reasons, and authorized treatment suited to the defendant’s needs. The National Criminal Code, effective in 2026, informs reform proposals rather than automatically governing the evaluation of the 2024–2025 decisions.
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