The Policy framework for restorative justice facilities during the criminal process describes which are available in Dutch system when a case is settled by public prosecutor’s office or heard judge. policy that mediation only decision of police, to submit file prosecutor, has already been made. Mediation currently plays no formal part decision. aim this article explore possibilities handled tak...

This article centres on an unconventional figure. Tadeusz Cyprian (1898–1979) was not only outstanding lawyer but also a talented photographer. He contributed to the documentation of nazi crimes during WW2. prosecutor before Supreme National Tribunal (Najwyższy Trybunał Narodowy), and one four Polish delegates at Nuremberg Trials. My investigation concerns issue responsibility for committed by ...

Suppose you are the judge in a legal case of rape. The prosecutor and the defender have given their final speeches and you have just closed the court for a lunch break. The next session will start right after lunch, so that you have roughly an hour to make up your mind about the sentence. All the information that is necessary to make this important decision is right in front of you. The protoco...

In the early 1990s, I spent a couple of years as Chief of the Criminal Division in the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. One of my principal responsibilities was to hear “appeals” from defense lawyers, usually, although not exclusively, in white collar crime cases. These lawyers felt that their clients should not be indicted, or that the plea offer they had rece...

The reported case was a 84-year-old male, dead after a traffic accident. The death was considered to be suspicious by prosecutor and an autopsy was mandated. In macroscopic autopsy investigation left tibia, fibula and multiple rib fractures, widespread seborrheic keratoses, and hyperpigmented skin lesions were detected. In the left chest cavity blood content and white colored lesions spread on ...