The article relates the processes and the effects among media vehicles and public policy propositions about the reduction of adult age penalty in Brazil. Based on the analysis of the newspaper Folha de São Paulo and the magazine Veja, it relates the repercussion of two crimes of great impact ocurred in 2003 and 2007 and their influence on the legislative processo of proposals of amendments to the Constitution.
reduction of adult age penalty; House of Representatives; Constitution amendment proposal; crime
