Conspiración, cómplice y responsabilidad Pinkerton: ¿dónde termina la responsabilidad penal? Un estudio sobre el sistema de responsabilidad penal estadounidense

  • Nicolás S. Cordini Investigador CONICET en el Instituto Ambrosio L. Gioja, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Profesor de Política Criminal, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Profesor de Derecho Penal, Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Universidad Nacional del Litoral
Palabras clave: Common law, Conspiración, Complicidad, Responsabilidad, Pinkerton

Resumen

La conspiración es un delito incipiente que permite el castigo de personas que acuerdan cometer un delito incluso si ellos nunca llevan adelante su plan o si son aprehendidos antes de alcanzar su objetivo.  El delito de conspiración debe distinguirse claramente de la categoría ‘cómplice’. Este delito incipiente cumple una serie de funciones diversas que son satisfechas por otros dispositivos jurídicos en los sistemas legales continentales. La membresía a una conspiración genera un estándar para mantener a cada conspirador cómplice en los delitos cometidos por los otros conspiradores. La única restricción a esta prueba de complicidad es que el delito se cometa en cumplimiento del objetivo criminal de la conspiración. Dicha responsabilidad se ve amplificada más aún a partir de la doctrina Pinkerton. La superposición entre estos enfoques crea una red muy complicada de desentrañar. Por ello, en la presente investigación analizaremos la conspiración y su relación otros sistemas de responsabilidad (cómplice, responsabilidad Pinkerton) conforme al arsenal conceptual aportado por el common law, el objetivo principal será su análisis y crítica desde el propio sistema penal norteamericano.

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Publicado
2022-04-07
Cómo citar
Cordini, N. S. (2022). Conspiración, cómplice y responsabilidad Pinkerton: ¿dónde termina la responsabilidad penal? Un estudio sobre el sistema de responsabilidad penal estadounidense. Revista De La Facultad De Derecho, (53), e20225301. https://doi.org/10.22187/rfd2022n53a1
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