Questions tagged [punishment]
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Can you get more than 21 years prison in total in Norway for the sum of two completely unrelated crimes?
This should go without saying, but I'm asking this out of sheer curiosity, not for any practical reasons lol.
The maximum prison time one can get for any particular crime in Norway is 21 years. This ...
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Which states use disproportionate punishment in case of forged travel documents?
In the Schengen visa code handbook on page 60, you will find the following passage:
Recommended best practice in case a false, counterfeit or forged travel document is detected:
Such documents should ...
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Can a judge make the plaintiff pay defender's legal costs?
Two related questions. Situation is, Bob sues Alice, but has zero evidence (basically, extortion, hoping Alice settles to avoid legal costs and a trial). Alice decides to take things to court.
In the ...
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Prosecution of politicians who violate the constitution
When a politician violates the constitution, why aren't they criminally prosecuted?
There are plenty of examples out there where a politician passes a law that they most likely know wont stand up in ...
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Can punishments be weakened if evidence was collected illegally?
Suppose police are investigating a burglary case. Under law, COVID-19 contact tracing data can only be used for contact tracing and nothing else. However a team decides to analyze the data anyway to ...
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In Russia, if a perp commits several of the worst crimes and there is digital evidence for them, do they get the max sentence?
Suppose a Russian citizen commits many of the worst atrocities. Now suppose that they have a whole digital record of planning and premeditation. Would the digital evidence make the Russian Civilian ...
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What if a child dies in school detention?
Suppose that a child behaves badly in class and is detained after class. The child has some illness, which isn't easy to notice, but he is too shy to tell his teacher. His teacher doesn't know of his ...
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Universal Credits and community service?
I have read many cases of criminals within the United Kingdom, focusing on England and Wales, being given community service rather than a prison sentence.
What I am curious to discover is whether they ...
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Is a civilian punished if they commit crimes for criminals by force and not willingly?
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I'm writing a sci-fi book that involves an adult character, who is a normal and innocent civilian (United States, year 2191), who got caught spying on a group of powerful terrorists running a ...
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Consequences of unlawful deletion of records
The Secret Service recently admitted to the unauthorized (according to the National Archives) deleting of text messages relevant to the US House's investigations of events surround the January 6, 2021 ...
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Foul-Mouthed Australian Teen Gets Dose Of His Own Medicine After Threatening An Elderly Man
This is a story of an Australian teen (https://hellocare.com.au/foul-mouthed-australian-teen-gets-dose-medicine-threatening-elderly-man/) who yelled at and threatened an elderly man and was grabbed ...
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Are there any provisions for economic inequality in legal punishments?
Suppose we have two persons, person-A and person-B and let's say they both commit the same crime and go to jail. The law, to my understanding, applies uniformly/punishes uniformly disregarding their ...
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Do US presidential pardons include the cancellation of financial punishments?
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/anthony-levandowski-pardoned-after-stealing-trade-secrets-from-google.html says:
Anthony Levandowski pardoned after stealing trade secrets from Google
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In the 1810 French penal code, were "stocks" a more heavy punishment than imprisonment?
In the 1810 French penal code, the prescribed sentence for some crimes is "carcan" (stocks), which is described as being put in stocks at a public place with information about one's name, ...
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Are Indian police allowed by law to slap citizens?
I have seen a few instances where the Indian police slap citizens as a fast punishment. Is that explicitly allowed by law, or just tolerated in practice?
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