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The debate continues over Knox's guilt
Seattle Post Intelligencer
"This is the simplest and fairest criminal trial one could possibly think of in terms of evidence," said Stefano Maffei, lecturer in criminal procedure at ...
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China injects 'humanity' into death sentence
Asia Times Online
Since 1949, executions were carried out mainly by firing squads, but the revised Criminal Procedure Law in 1996 stipulated that "the death penalty could be ...
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Tanzania: Diplomat in Spitting Row is Recalled
AllAfrica.com
In the absence of proof, the allegations undoubtedly amounted to criminal libel vis-à-vis the Penal Code of Tanzania. Membe stated the alleged act of the ...
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DPP rejects new KMT proposal on beef imports
Taipei Times
The legislature also approved an amendment to the Criminal Code (??) that would allow people sentenced for minor crimes to convert the prison sentence to ...
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Nepal: Hand Over Murder Suspect to Police
Reuters AlertNet
Although convicted of both offenses, they were sentenced to only six months in prison, and were then freed because they had spent that amount of time ...
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Delhi urged to end overcrowding in jails
By Ians
"The committee recommended to the prison department of the Delhi government to prepare a short term plan to tackle overcrowding in jails to a large extent by the end of 2010 and a long term plan to completely end it by 2020. ... ?The solutions to the problem of overcrowding have to be found through examination of our penal laws, criminal procedures, bail laws and alternative sentencing. The overuse of pre-trial detention, lengthy and strict sentencing practices contributes ..."
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SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES: THE RIGHT TO PRESENT A DEFENSE EFFECTIVELY ...
By johntfloyd
"Article 38.37 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure governs the use extraneous offense evidence in sexual assault cases where the victim is under the age of seventeen. This article permits such evidence when the trial court considers .... But Bass was nonetheless convicted and sent to prison. Why? Because the State in its closing argument told the jury that to find Bass not guilty, it would have to believe the 16-year-old sexual assault victim, her 22-year-old cousin, ..."
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Death Penalty News: China injects "humanity" into death sentence
By Death Penalty News
"Since 1949, executions were carried out mainly by firing squads, but the revised Criminal Procedure Law in 1996 stipulated that "the death penalty could be executed by shooting or injection". ... He said that prison authorities tried to relieve the pressure on executioners. "We have a superstition here that administering a death penalty is not auspicious," said Liu. He explained that executions were carried out with "four needles with the same dosage and color . ..."
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Reason, Commerce, Justice & Free Beer: RETHINKING CAPITAL ...
By Balthazar Oesterhoudt
"Additionally, criminal punishment is revenge, and revenge is natural. When some vagrant kills our spouse, it is only natural to want to kill him, too. In this sense, capital punishment both upholds the law and quenches our natural thirst for revenge. .... In a word, explosive executions fulfill both the prisoner's interest in a quick, painless death and the State's interest in punishing crime. Blowing criminals up is simply the most efficacious manner currently available. ..."
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