as a rule, crimes are unforgivable. there fore, forgiveness has virtually no effect on criminal liability. it can only lead to a reduction in punishment . for crimes that are unforgivable, forgiveness can become perplexing and confuse legal authorities. the present paper attempts to discuss the complex dimensions of this issue including forgivable and unforgivable crimes, the court's respo...

Symptom Validity Testing (SVT) has been used effectively with sensory perception and short-term memory. The procedure was recently adapted to assess remote memory for specific events. Memory for remote events is particularly important to the criminal justice system, and courts are beginning to draw on neuropsychology to assist in the assessment of claimed remote memory loss. This report discuss...

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This article considers the question concerning historical development of principle reasonable time in Russian Federation’s criminal procedure law and current regulation its Criminal Procedure Code.

The paper estimates the effects of a simpler and faster criminal procedure on the duration of criminal cases and the probabilities that the defendant is charged and convicted. I exploit a criminal procedure reform in the Czech Republic as a quasi-natural experiment. The reform allowed petty offenses to be prosecuted via a simplified (fast-track) procedure. The share of cases actually prosecuted...