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🇯🇵 Asahi Shimbun (JP)
Crime & Justice

Why Are Only Women Criminally Responsible for 'Giving Birth'? The Regrets of a Mother Who Became a Defendant

The article discusses the criminal responsibility of mothers in cases where they give birth in secret and abandon their children, highlighting a case of a young woman who faced severe consequences after her actions.

Mar 22 • 03:00 UTC
🇨🇦 National Post
Crime & Justice

Race played a role in Ontario drug dealer’s sentencing: ‘This somewhat attenuates his moral responsibility’

A judge in Ontario considered the impact of racism and societal disadvantage in the sentencing of drug dealer Brandon Caleb, suggesting these factors diminished his moral responsibility for his actions.

Mar 21 • 10:00 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
National & Local

In a TV3 television show - smiling Putin with a puppy and Russian flags

The Lithuanian TV3 network aired a segment showcasing a smiling Vladimir Putin receiving a puppy against the backdrop of Russian flags, stirring controversy given his status as a war criminal.

Mar 21 • 08:39 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

President Yoon’s Directive on Public Debate: Government’s First Open Discussion on Lowering the Age of Criminal Responsibility for Juveniles

The South Korean government held its first public debate on the proposal to lower the age of criminal responsibility for juveniles, following a rise in juvenile crime.

Mar 18 • 10:40 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

[Editorial] Lowering the Age of Criminal Responsibility for Juveniles: Must Consider Effectiveness and International Standards Thoroughly

The South Korean government is considering lowering the age of criminal responsibility for juveniles from 14 to 13, but discussions are emphasizing the importance of weighing effectiveness and international standards.

Mar 18 • 10:05 UTC
🇫🇮 Yle Uutiset
National & Local

Obeying the boss does not protect from criminal responsibility, says professor - discrimination against a Roma in Kontiolahti is a good example of this

A Finnish professor argues that obeying illegal orders does not absolve individuals from criminal responsibility, as demonstrated by a recent discrimination case involving a store in Kontiolahti.

Mar 17 • 12:43 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
National & Local

The Supreme Court Doctrine that Protects Mazón in the Dana Case: Criminal Responsibility Does Not Arise from Position

The Supreme Court of Justice in Valencia unanimously rejected the investigation of Carlos Mazón regarding the management of the flood, citing the absence of specific duties that would imply criminal negligence.

Mar 17 • 00:20 UTC
🇸🇪 Aftonbladet
National & Local

The Council of State strongly criticizes the proposal to lower the age of criminal responsibility

The Swedish Council of State has condemned the government's proposal to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 13, arguing it could increase youth crime.

Mar 12 • 17:09 UTC
🇸🇪 Aftonbladet
National & Local

The Proposal to Lower the Age of Criminal Responsibility is Criticized

The Swedish government's proposal to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 13 is being criticized by the Council on Legislation for not aligning with the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Mar 12 • 16:54 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

Lowering the Age of Criminal Responsibility: Questions We Are Missing [Why]

The debate over lowering the age for juvenile offenders in South Korea reflects broader societal views on childhood and rehabilitation.

Mar 11 • 08:50 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

Juvenile criminal responsibility: between legal void and polarization

The article discusses Argentina's longstanding failure to create a modern juvenile justice system, leaving significant legal gaps and inconsistent responses across provinces.

Mar 11 • 03:13 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
National & Local

Mayor of Pagėgiai V. Bendaravičius, who has admitted guilt, is exempted from criminal responsibility in the 'checks' case

V. Bendaravičius, the mayor of Pagėgiai, has acknowledged his guilt in a corruption case but has been allowed to avoid criminal liability after making restitution and expressing remorse.

Mar 10 • 15:03 UTC
🇱🇹 15min
National & Local

In the ‘Cheque’ case, Pagėgiai mayor Vaidas Bendaravičius is absolved of responsibility due to bail

Mayor Vaidas Bendaravičius of Pagėgiai has been absolved of criminal responsibility in the 'Cheque' case after securing bail, similar to other local officials.

Mar 10 • 12:47 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
National & Local

The teacher who committed violence against a student escaped criminal responsibility but will have to look for another job

A teacher in Zarasai, Lithuania, was involved in a violent incident where he physically assaulted a student, resulting in his release from criminal responsibility but loss of employment.

Mar 10 • 06:59 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
National & Local

OPEKEPE: The findings of the Investigative Committee are presented to the Plenary of the Parliament today

The Plenary of the Greek Parliament is discussing the findings of the Investigative Committee concerning OPEKEPE today, which absolve two ministers from criminal responsibility while highlighting ongoing issues with agricultural compensation.

Mar 10 • 06:15 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

New juvenile criminal regime: what is known about the law that sets penalties from age 14

Argentina has enacted a new juvenile justice law that establishes penal responsibility beginning at age 14 with specific sanctions for underage offenders.

Mar 9 • 19:44 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

The Government promulgated the new Juvenile Criminal Regime: the age of liability in Argentina is lowered to 14 years

The Argentine government has enacted a new law lowering the age of criminal liability to 14 years, with the expectation of fostering legal responsibility among adolescents and promoting their social reintegration.

Mar 9 • 12:37 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

The Government promulgated the new juvenile criminal regime 10 days after its sanction in the Senate

The Argentinian government has enacted a new juvenile criminal regime that sets the age of criminal responsibility at 14 and outlines specific penalties for adolescents in conflict with the law.

Mar 9 • 04:39 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

From Debate to Implementation: the Juvenile Penal Regime and the Challenge of the 'Day After'

Argentina has passed a new law establishing a juvenile penal system that sets criminal responsibility from the age of 14, focusing on institutional responses to prevent recidivism among young offenders.

Mar 9 • 03:01 UTC
🇸🇪 Dagens Nyheter
National & Local

DN Debate. 'Now the rights of Sweden's youth are being curtailed'

A debate article discusses the proposed lowering of the legal age of criminal responsibility in Sweden, highlighting a worrying trend of disregarding the rights of children and youth.

Mar 8 • 19:00 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

Participation Solidarity: 'Insufficient Evidence for Claim that Lowering Age of Criminal Responsibility Reduces Juvenile Crime'

The civic group Participation Solidarity opposes President Lee Jae-myung's discussion on lowering the age of criminal responsibility, arguing there is insufficient evidence to support the claim that it would reduce juvenile crime.

Mar 6 • 06:02 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Security PEC is better off without addressing age of majority

The Brazilian House of Representatives approved a constitutional amendment for public security that omits a controversial provision regarding reducing the age of criminal responsibility.

Mar 6 • 01:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Soon: Congress discusses the Public Security PEC

The Brazilian Congress is in discussions regarding the Public Security PEC, with a compromise reached to exclude a controversial provision on lowering the age of criminal responsibility to prevent Senate rejection.

Mar 4 • 19:09 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Public security: Chamber debates lowering the age of criminal responsibility; see the list of countries that have already adopted it and the analysis of experts

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies is set to vote on a proposal to reduce the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16 as part of a constitutional amendment focused on public security.

Mar 4 • 07:00 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Reduction of the age of criminal responsibility becomes the main battle in the Public Security PEC, in a new wear for Lula

The proposed reduction of the age of criminal responsibility has emerged as a central issue in the Public Security constitutional amendment, posing a challenge to President Lula's administration.

Mar 4 • 03:02 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Lula's government expresses opposition to reducing the age of criminal responsibility after reporter confirms plebiscite in PEC

The Brazilian government under President Lula is opposing the proposed reduction of the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16 years.

Mar 3 • 20:39 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

Germán de los Santos with Hugo Alconada Mon: "Most of the hitman children are later killed"

Journalists Germán de los Santos and Hugo Alconada Mon discuss the rising issue of child hitmen in Rosario, Argentina, linked to drug trafficking.

Mar 3 • 20:27 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Gleisi lists 'problematic' points of the Security PEC and assembles a task force to reverse changes

Minister Gleisi Hoffmann expresses government concerns over the Security PEC and initiates a task force to combat its problematic points.

Mar 3 • 19:22 UTC
🇬🇧 Guardian
Crime & Justice

Father of Georgia school shooting suspect found guilty of murder and manslaughter

The father of a teenager accused in a Georgia school shooting was found guilty of murder and manslaughter related to the incident.

Mar 3 • 18:35 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Reporter of PEC limits sentence progression and maintains plebiscite on reducing the age of adulthood

A Brazilian congressman proposes stricter rules for the progression of sentences concerning crimes against vulnerable populations and plans a plebiscite on lowering the age of criminal responsibility.

Mar 2 • 21:39 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

'I will not remove it from the text,' says the rapporteur of the Public Security PEC about reducing the age of criminal responsibility

The rapporteur of the Public Security Constitutional Amendment Proposal in Brazil's Chamber of Deputies insists on maintaining the proposal to reduce the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16 years.

Mar 2 • 15:07 UTC
🇳🇴 Aftenposten
National & Local

KFUM Players Deny Criminal Responsibility in Match-Fixing Case – Club to Meet the Press

KFUM players accused in a match-fixing case in Norwegian football deny any wrongdoing, and their club plans to address the media.

Feb 28 • 13:14 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

Juvenile Criminal Law: How Senators Voted on Lowering the Age of Criminal Responsibility to 14

The Argentine Senate approved a juvenile criminal law reform that lowers the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14, passed by 44 to 27 votes with one abstention.

Feb 27 • 21:44 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

Juvenile Penal Regime: How Each Senator Voted on Lowering the Age of Liability

The article discusses how Argentine senators voted on a legislative proposal to lower the age of criminal responsibility.

Feb 27 • 21:42 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

In Milei's victory, Argentina reduces the criminal age from 16 to 14

Argentina's Senate approved a new criminal regime that lowers the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14 years, following a tragic incident involving the murder of a teenager.

Feb 27 • 21:39 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

The main points of the new juvenile criminal regime: guarantees, penalties, and budget allocation

Argentina's Senate has approved a new juvenile criminal regime that lowers the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14, establishing new legal guarantees and penalties for minors.

Feb 27 • 21:23 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Argentina approves law that lowers the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14 years

The Argentine Senate has passed a law reducing the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14, which now awaits presidential approval.

Feb 27 • 21:22 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

12, 13 or 14 years? How much has the age of criminal responsibility been lowered with the new law approved

Argentina's Senate approved a new juvenile criminal justice system that lowers the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14 years.

Feb 27 • 21:17 UTC
🇯🇵 Asahi Shimbun (JP)
Crime & Justice

Completion of psychological evaluation detention for the suspect in the 1999 Nagoya City women murder case

The detention for psychological evaluation of Kumiko Yasufuku, the suspect in the 1999 murder of Namiko Takaba in Nagoya, has concluded, and the prosecutors will determine her criminal responsibility based on the evaluation results.

Feb 27 • 03:30 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Argentina has a new strike on the day of discussion about lowering the age of criminal responsibility and labor reform in Congress

In Argentina, unions are orchestrating a strike coinciding with congressional discussions on significant proposals from President Javier Milei.

Feb 27 • 03:01 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

The Senate is ready to approve the labor reform and lower the age of criminal responsibility to 14 years this Friday

The Argentine Senate is set to approve labor reform and a new juvenile criminal regime that lowers the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14, amidst potential legal challenges from labor organizations.

Feb 26 • 21:47 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Security PEC: Motta wants to exclude referendum on reducing the age of criminal responsibility to facilitate approval

President of the Chamber Hugo Motta aims to remove the reduction of the age of criminal responsibility from the Public Security Amendment Proposal to ensure smoother passage through legislative processes.

Feb 26 • 19:41 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
National & Local

The Comptroller issued 206 reports with indications of criminal responsibility to decentralized autonomous governments since 2024

The Ecuadorian Comptroller's Office has issued 206 reports indicating possible criminal responsibility in public administration over the past two years.

Feb 26 • 15:00 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
National & Local

Minister John Reimberg: 'They are capable of inventing the most sordid nonsense to evade their responsibility'

Ecuador's Interior Minister John Reimberg dismissed allegations circulating on social media linking him to a criminal leader's testimony, asserting that no one is above the law.

Feb 25 • 20:45 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
Crime & Justice

TJ-SP maintains acquittal of Felipe Prior in rape case in the interior

The TJ-SP upheld the acquittal of former Big Brother Brasil contestant Felipe Prior in a rape case from 2018, concluding that criminal responsibility was not proven.

Feb 25 • 14:40 UTC
🇳🇴 NRK
Crime & Justice

The Grenade Attack in Pilestredet: The Case Against Both 13-Year-Olds Has Been Dropped

The case against two 13-year-olds involved in a grenade attack in Pilestredet has been discontinued due to their age being below the criminal responsibility threshold in Norway.

Feb 24 • 15:02 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

President Yoon: 'Justice for Juveniles, Conclusion in Two Months'...Counterarguments on 'Punishment is Not the Answer'

President Yoon urged for national public opinion collection regarding lowering the age of criminal responsibility for juveniles, suggesting a conclusion in two months as discussions intensify.

Feb 24 • 11:22 UTC
🇱🇻 TVNET
National & Local

Politicians Still Cannot Decide to Exempt Minors from Criminal Responsibility for Drug Use

Latvian politicians are struggling to reach a decision on whether to exempt minors from criminal responsibility related to drug use.

Feb 24 • 10:40 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
Crime & Justice

The National Court exempts CaixaBank from responsibility in the money laundering scheme of the Chinese mafia

The National Court of Spain has cleared CaixaBank of any criminal liability in a case regarding money laundering linked to the Chinese mafia after investigating for nearly eight years.

Feb 24 • 04:15 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

President Yoon: 'Let's Decide on the Age of Criminal Responsibility in Two Months, Is it 12 or 13?'

South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol suggested collecting public opinions before deciding whether to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 14 to 13 years in two months time.

Feb 24 • 03:09 UTC

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