THE CONCEPT AND LEGAL NATURE OF THE INSTITUTION OF EXEMPTION FROM SERVING A SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT DUE TO ILLNESS

The study of the legal nature of the institution of early release from serving a sentence of imprisonment due to illness is of great importance for the theory of criminal and penal law. The aim set by the authors is to identify the interrelationship of signs characteristic of the institution of exemption from serving a sentence of imprisonment due to illness, and to determine its place in the structure of legal institutions. The methods used by the authors to achieve scientific results (dialectical, comparative legal, formal legal, systemic, as well as deduction and induction techniques) allowed us to formulate conclusions about the comprehensive regulation of the institution of release from punishment due to illness and pointed to its independence in the structure of other institutions of early release from punishment. In addition, a number of distinctive features have been identified that determine the features of the institution of exemption from punishment in the form of imprisonment due to illness.