THE CONCEPT OF SENTENCING FOR MULTIPLE CONVICTIONS IN CRIMINAL LAW

Аннотация

The state policy implemented in the criminal legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan is primarily aimed at the fair protection of the interests of each person on the basis of the law. This scientific article provides information on the concept of imposing punishment for multiple convictions in criminal law. In addition, the article describes a number of legal reforms carried out inthe field ofcriminal legislation after the independence years. Keywords: reforms, criminal legislation, Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Codes on Crime, Criminal Procedure and Administrative Responsibility, Criminal Code of the Republic ofUzbekistan, SupremeCourt, convict. All reforms in the social, economic and political spheres implemented in the Republic of Uzbekistan are, by their nature, aimed at comprehensively ensuring human interests. In particular, the state policy implemented in criminal legislation, for the first time, aims to fairly protect theinterests ofeachperson onthebasis ofthelaw. In Uzbekistan, in the conditions of state independence, a number of legal reforms have been carried out in the field of criminal legislation over the short period of time that has passed, and these reforms, as mentioned above, are based solely on the principle of justice. At the same time, the punishment applied as a measure of influence to deter a person from committing a criminal offense takes into account the nature and degree of social danger of the crime, the cause of the act, the nature and amount of the harm caused, the identity of the perpetrator, as well as mitigating and aggravating circumstances. It should be emphasized that the transition to a new socio-economic level requires the improvement of criminal legislation. Because it is important to end any criminal activity that occurs during the transition. Therefore, the state policy in the criminal-legal direction, first of all, constantly defines the measures for timely identification and elimination ofnegative situationsthat arise inthesociety. The fact that our country has created broad opportunities for the transition from a strong state to a strong civil society paves the way for the improvement of legal relations in criminal law in accordance with the interests of society. That is why in June 2000, a program was adopted to liberalize and deepen the process of reforms in the political, economic and spiritual spheres of our society. In accordance with this program, the issue of liberalizing the judicial and legal system was considered at the sixth session of the Oliy Majlis of the second convocation of the Republic of Uzbekistan, held on August 29, 2001. As our First President I.A. Karimov emphasized in his report on the topic “Justice is the rule of law” at this session: “First of all, we need to ensure the strengthening and practical application of such principles of justice and humanity of the legislation by reducing the repressive nature of punishment and deprivation of liberty.”[1] In all aspects of our society, including in accordance with the program of liberalization of the judicial and legal system, a number of additions and amendments were made to the Criminal, Criminal Procedure and Administrative Liability Codes by the Law of August 29, 2001, which was a serious step towards liberalizing criminal and criminal procedure laws and the Law on AdministrativeLiability, as well as issuesof criminal punishment anditsimposition. 238 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ISSN:2692-5206,ImpactFactor:12,23 AmericanAcademicpublishers,volume05,issue08,2025 Journal: https://www.academicpublishers.org/journals/index.php/ijai Theadoption ofnew rules on theclassification ofcrimes is one ofthemost important aspects of the liberalization carried out in this area. In connection with the establishment of a new procedure for classifying crimes, the range of socially dangerous and less serious crimes has expanded, and broad opportunities have been created for the application of penalties not related to deprivation of liberty in imposing punishment. In this regard, the introduction of the concept of exemption from criminal liability (Article 66) into the Criminal Code has led to a further expansion of the scope of exemption from liability. At the same time, the voluntary compensation for the damage caused and the non-imprisonment of the guilty party in the case of compensation for the damage caused in the amount of three times the amount were a serious step towards humanizing criminal legislation and introducing the application of punishment on thebasis of democracy. These additions and amendments to theCriminal Code made it possible toliberalizethepunishments imposed onpersons found guilty ofcommittinga crime. From a theoretical point of view, the problems of liberalization of criminal punishments have been expressed in the researches of a number of legal scholars. Accordingly, according to a number of scholars, criminal punishment is a coercive measure used by