Public security: functional homicide and its repercussion on the Brazilian legal system

Danielson Felipe Rex

ABSTRACT

The present course conclusion paper analyzes the foundations and justifi cation of the creation of Federal Law No.

13,142/2015, as well as its repercussion on the Brazilian legal system. In this perspective, the subjects that make up the

provisions of Articles 142 and 144 of the Federal Constitution will be detailed, exposing all the characteristics surrou-

nding the qualifi er exposed in Article 121, § 2, item VII of the Penal Code. Furthermore, it will present the doctrinal

understandings in relation to the new qualifier, that is, functional homicide, expressed in the normative text, to avoid the

practice of crime to the disfavor of public security subjects. Moreover, the crime of personal injury committed against

public security agents will be briefly exposed, as well as the very serious and followed-up injuries committed against

them, all of which are included by Law No. 13,142/2015.

Keywords: Law No. 13,142/2015. It’s murder. Penal Code. Qualifier.