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Human Rights Council holds general debates on situation in ...
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The Union of Arab Jurists asserted that it was necessary to bring the authors of such crimes to the International Criminal Court. ...
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Under Article 231 of the Code of Criminal Procedure the punishment was converted into having to plant 500 trees and look after them for four months. ...
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The Fleecing of Roman Polanski - TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime
By Jeralyn
"The law prevents using the psych program as punishment. So Polanski never did spend a day in prison for raping that girl. Just like my post you deleted said. His being in prison wasn't punishment, i.e. a sentence for his crime. So why'd you delete my comment? ..... The function of hte judiciary in the criminal justice system is to provide a forum and a procedure for determining what exactly happened, and whether it has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt. ..."
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CrimProf Blog: Testing the Outer Limits of the Edwards Rule ...
By CrimProf BlogEditor
"The facts in Shatzer read almost like a question on a law professor's criminal procedure exam: In August, 2003, a detective met with the defendant, Michael Shatzer, who was incarcerated in a state correctional facility (on an unrelated crime) to question him about a report that he ... Nor was the court impressed by the argument that a ?break in custody? occurred when Shatzer was released back into the general prison population in between the two meetings with the police. ..."
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On air: Shoot first, ask questions later? « BBC World Have Your Say
By Mark Sandell
"2.1 million people in the US are in fedral prisons or state jails with felanious crimes(largest jail population), with 7.1 million people with criminal histories. Guns do not stop crime it propogates it. Have you ever heard of mass ... criminal gangs. Reply. 13 John in Salem. September 29, 2009 at 17:58. Were I thinking of going to the World Cup games this policy would make me cancel my plans. When the rules of martial law become standard procedure it's time to leave. ..."
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LA prosecutors: Efforts to arrest Polanski span the decades ...
By Anthony Mccartney
"The director pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse in 1977, but fled to France on the day of his sentencing in 1978, aware the judge planned renege on the agreement and sentence him to more prison time. Polanski was arrested by Swiss ... September 18th, 2009 YANGON - Lawyers of detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi have said that they have firm arguments in the appeal that they have filed against her criminal conviction. "We are optimistic that Daw ..."
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