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The Business of Torture

Legal / Ethics

Aplus Legal Advice  |  2022.09.06 17:30  |  747 views

On January 16, 2003, the European Court of Human Rights agreed – more than two years after the applications have been filed – to hear six cases filed by Chechens against Russia. The claimants accused the Russian military of torture and indiscriminate killings. The Court has ruled in the past against the Russian Federation and awarded assorted plaintiffs thousands of euros per case in compensation.

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Nevada Criminal Records for Resident Research

Legal / Criminal Law

Aplus Legal Advice  |  2022.09.19 01:00  |  791 views

The State of Nevada is one of the few states that allow the public access to their Nevada criminal records. The Records and Identification Bureau under the Nevada Department of Public Safety is the central repository of Nevada criminal records. The purpose of the state database of Nevada criminal records is to provide centralized, complete, and documented criminal justice information and statistics to the state’s criminal justice community, the public, and many other authorized clients and contributors.

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The Insanity of the Defense

Legal / Criminal Law

Aplus Legal Advice  |  2022.07.31 17:42  |  918 views

“It is an ill thing to knock against a deaf-mute, an imbecile, or a minor. He that wounds them is culpable, but if they wound him they are not culpable.” (Mishna, Babylonian Talmud) If mental illness is culture-dependent and mostly serves as an organizing social principle – what should we make of the insanity defense (NGRI- Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity)? A person is held not responsible for his criminal actions if s/he cannot tell right from wrong (“lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality (wrongfulness) of his conduct” – diminished capacity), did not intend to act the way he did (absent “mens rea”) and/or could not control his behavior).

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