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August 21

Constitutions that prohibit life imprisonment

Are there any constitutions that prohibit life imprisonment, or say that all sentences shall not be longer than X years?—azuki (talk · contribs · email) 03:45, 21 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Life imprisonment has pretty extensive coverage of each nation's views on the matter. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:47, 21 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hanna Akiva

Moved to: talk:Hanna Akiva

Repentant criminals

There is a law in Argentina, called "ley del arrepentido" ("repentant law") that says that someone jailed for taking part in a crime can have some benefits if he testifies about the crime, and his testimony helps to identify or capture other criminals of said crime of a higher rank, or even the mastermind itself. Are there similar laws in other countries? Which names do they have? Cambalachero (talk) 16:00, 21 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Does Turn state's evidence provide an answer, Cambalachero? --ColinFine (talk) 17:17, 21 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that one seems fine. Thank you. Cambalachero (talk) 00:11, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Approvers manya (talk) 04:54, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]