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The oath-taking ceremony at the Lok Bhavan was attended by Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and other dignitaries
PARAGUAY · JUSTICE Key Facts —The verdict A Coronel Oviedo sentencing tribunal imposed eight years — the maximum under juvenile law — on the young man convicted of the femicide and abortion of María Fernanda Benítez, his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend. —Why not more He was 17 at the time of the crime. Paraguay has since raised […] The post María Fernanda Benítez Killer Receives Eight-Year Maximum Sentence in Paraguay appeared first on The Rio Times.
PERU · JUSTICE Key Facts —The bill Deputy Norma Yarrow of Renovación Popular presented Bill 00033-2026-2031-CD on 13 August, targeting sentence reductions for three violent crimes. —The mechanism A new clause in Article 51 of the Penal Execution Code would block “redemption of sentence through work or education” for aggravated convictions of femicide, kidnapping and […] The post Peru Bill Would End Sentence Reductions for Femicide, Kidnapping and Aggravated Robbery appeared first on The Rio Times.
Brazil's Supreme Court chief justice stepped in Wednesday to halt conflicting rulings by two fellow judges as a dispute over alleged links between Justice Alexandre de Moraes and a fraud-accused banker deepened. The clash has spilled into the campaign for next month's presidential election, adding to tensions around the court.
Brazil’s chief justice removed the Supreme Court’s most prominent judge from a sprawling, seven-year probe into “fake news,” seeking to tame an institutional crisis that has spilled over into October’s presidential election.
The Brasilia bar opened ethics proceedings against partners of a firm linked to Justice Moraes's family, over contracts with Banco Master. The post Brazil’s Bar Opens an Ethics Case Over a Justice’s Family Law Firm appeared first on The Rio Times.
Nagoya, Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)--A victim of attempted murder in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, in 2002 and his wife are advocating for the removal of the statute of limitations on such crimes. The country abolished the statute of limitations for heinous crimes such as murder through law amendments in 2010. Still, the revisions do not cover attempted murder. "Would it have been be...
Justice Zanin is seeking answers after a Senate candidate placed confidential data about him in a public election file in Brazil. The post Zanin Seeks Answers Over Confidential Data in an Election File appeared first on The Rio Times.
Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court’s appointment comes amid a recent controversy involving Acting Chief Justice in the HC
The jury now faces a seventh day of deliberations in the triple-murder trial.
In a statement, Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma calls upon lawyers, journalists and all concerned to ‘respect the principles of justice and exercise patience until the CJI takes a decision’; he says the SC judge’s allegations are baseless and have been levelled out of rancour