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Indian Penal Code (2,339 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Indian Penal Code (IPC) was the official criminal code in the Republic of India, inherited from British India after independence, until it was replaced
Prison (14,628 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
role in the overall social system. The book analyzed changes in Western penal systems during the modern age based on historical documents from France
Penal labour (5,842 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penal labour is a term for various kinds of forced labour that prisoners are required to perform, typically manual labour. The work may be light or hard
Penal colony (2,703 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A penal colony or exile colony is a settlement used to exile prisoners and separate them from the general population by placing them in a remote location
Penal laws (Ireland) (5,788 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
In Ireland, the penal laws (Irish: Na Péindlíthe) were a series of legal disabilities imposed in the seventeenth, and early eighteenth, centuries on the
Penal transportation (7,343 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penal transportation was the relocation of convicted criminals, or other persons regarded as undesirable, to a distant place, often a colony, for a specified
Criminal code (919 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A criminal code (or penal code) is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law. Typically a criminal
Criminal law (4,511 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Criminal Code of Russia Penal Code of Romania Criminal law of Singapore Criminal law of the United States English criminal law Penal Code of France Hong Kong
Penology (772 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sense it is equivalent with corrections. The term penology comes from "penal", Latin poena, "punishment" and the Greek suffix -logia, "study of". Penology
Abortion law (20,979 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
allowing abortion on request, citing a penal code draft from 2014 that did not become law. The version of the penal code enacted in 2020 and entered into
Van Diemen's Land (3,185 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
established a settlement in 1803 before it became a separate colony in 1825. Its penal colonies became notorious destinations for the transportation of convicts
Labor camp (2,002 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
work camp is a detention facility where inmates are forced to engage in penal labor as a form of punishment. Labor camps have many common aspects with
Penal system in China (3,700 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The penal system in China is composed of an administrative detention system and a judicial incarceration system. As of 2020, it is estimated that 1.7
Pakistan Penal Code (561 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Pakistan Penal Code (Urdu: مجموعہ تعزیرات پاکستان; Majmū'ah-yi ta'zīrāt-i Pākistān), abbreviated as PPC, is a penal code for all offences charged in
Mens rea (6,281 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
common law tradition or, within the United States, according to the Model Penal Code. In civil law, it is usually not necessary to prove a subjective mental
Defamation (25,216 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Law Corporation. (in Spanish) Chilean Penal Code, Book II (see Articles 412 to 431) "IEstudiosPenales.com.ar – Penal Code of Chile" (PDF) (in Spanish). (578 KB)
Botany Bay (2,379 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
as the site for a penal colony. Out of these plans came the first European habitation of Australia at Sydney Cove. Although the penal settlement was almost
History of the judicial system of Iran (2,278 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"Islamic Penal Code" which consisted of five "Books". The new Islamic Penal Code was adopted in January 2012 and incorporates the bulk of penal laws in
Manslaughter (3,379 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
2017. "PENAL CODE (Japan)" (PDF). Retrieved May 4, 2023. Rassat, Michèle-Laure (2018-05-23). Droit pénal spécial - Infractions du Code pénal. 8e éd.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (2,678 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR; French: Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda; Kinyarwanda: Urukiko Mpanabyaha Mpuzamahanga
Norfolk Island (13,713 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
part of its 1788 colonisation of Australia. The island served as a convict penal settlement from 6 March 1788 until 5 May 1855, except for an 11-year hiatus
Colony of New South Wales (1,002 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Phillip founded the first British settlement in Australian history as a penal colony. Having set sail on 13 May 1787, Captain Arthur Phillip assumed the
Penal law (British) (1,784 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
In English history, the penal laws were a series of laws that sought to uphold the establishment and State decreed religious monopoly of the Church of
Penal labor in the United States (5,521 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In the United States, penal labor is a multi-billion-dollar industry. Annually, incarcerated workers provide at least $9 billion in services to the prison
Black site (999 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Black sites are clandestine detention centres operated by a state where prisoners who have not been charged with a crime are incarcerated without due process
Convicts in Australia (6,899 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
1788 and 1868 the British penal system transported about 162,000 convicts from Great Britain and Ireland to various penal colonies in Australia. The
Theft (7,486 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
2010-06-28 at the Wayback Machine California Penal Code Section 490a. California Penal Code Section 487. "California Penal Code, Sec. 487". California legislative
Section 377A (Singapore) (4,360 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
when it was added to the Penal Code by the colonial government. It remained a part of the Singapore body of law after the Penal Code review of 2007 which
Mississippi State Penitentiary (14,681 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Mississippi Delta. As time passed, the state began to consolidate most penal operations in Parchman, making other camps hold minor support roles. In
Bigamy (1,753 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Article 206 of the Polish Penal Code Article 247 of the Penal Code of Portugal. Romanian Penal Code, art 376 "Art. 376 Noul Cod Penal Bigamia Infracţiuni contra
Devil's Island (3,739 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The penal colony of Cayenne (French: Bagne de Cayenne), commonly known as Devil's Island (Île du Diable), was a French penal colony that operated for 100
Port Arthur, Tasmania (2,618 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Australian Convict Sites, a World Heritage property consisting of 11 remnant penal sites originally built within the British Empire during the 18th and 19th
Ages of consent in Europe (21,606 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
14, as specified by Section 206 of the penal code. (The term unmündig is specified in Section 74 of the penal code.) Paragraph 4 of Section 206 defines
Prison reform (7,481 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, improve the effectiveness of a penal system, or implement alternatives to incarceration. It also focuses on ensuring
Section 377 (5,765 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Section 377 of the British colonial penal code criminalized all sexual acts "against the order of nature". The law was used to prosecute people engaging
Legality of incest (6,838 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
repealed article 222-31-1 of the penal code, saying that if it was possible for the legislator to institute a particular penal qualification to designate incestuous
Prison farm (2,817 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A prison farm (also known as a penal farm) is a large correctional facility where penal labor convicts are forced to work—legally or illegally—on a farm
Article 301 (Turkish Penal Code) (3,060 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Article 301 is an article of the Turkish Penal Code making it illegal to insult Turkey, the Turkish nation, Turkish government institutions, or Turkish
Legality of child pornography (7,414 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
2006 modifiant et complétant le Décret du 30 janvier 1940 portant Code pénal congolais". www.leganet.cd. "2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices:
Criminal justice (4,069 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Criminal justice is the delivery of justice to those who have been accused of committing crimes. The criminal justice system is a series of government
Penal Code (Singapore) (1,372 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
The Penal Code 1871 sets out general principles of the criminal law of Singapore, as well as the elements and penalties of general criminal offences such
List of Australian penal colonies (70 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The following is a list of Australian penal colonies that existed from the establishment of European presence in the 1780s up until the nineteenth century
Consolidated Laws of New York (900 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Corporation Law Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law Partnership Law Penal Law Personal Property Law Private Housing Finance Law Public Authorities
Judicial system of Turkey (3,389 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Code, was replaced in 2005 by a Code with principles similar to the German Penal Code and German law generally. Administrative law is based on the French
Macquarie Harbour Penal Station (1,830 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Macquarie Harbour Penal Station, a former British colonial penal settlement, established on Sarah Island, Macquarie Harbour, in the former colony of
Chain gang (1,985 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
accomplish undesirable and difficult tasks[citation needed] In the Australian penal colonies, chain gangs were also referred to as "iron gangs". They were used
Retributive justice (1,889 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
deterrence. Law portal Society portal Capital punishment Eye for an eye Penal harm Proportionality (law) Restorative justice "Two wrongs make a right"
California Penal Code (1,219 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Penal Code of California forms the basis for the application of most criminal law, criminal procedure, penal institutions, and the execution of sentences
International Criminal Court (21,441 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
twelve cells on the premises of the Scheveningen branch of the Haaglanden Penal Institution, The Hague, close to the ICC's headquarters in the Alexanderkazerne
Prison abolition movement (6,272 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the criminal legal process." Since 1983, the International Conference on Penal Abolition (ICOPA) gathers activists, academics, journalists, and "others
Corrective labor colony (738 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
penal detention with compulsory work (penal labor). The system of labor colonies and camps originated in 1929, and after 1953, the corrective penal colonies
Philip Gidley King (1,738 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Philip Gidley King (23 April 1758 – 3 September 1808) was a British politician who was the third Governor of New South Wales. When the First Fleet arrived
Prison abolition movement (6,272 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the criminal legal process." Since 1983, the International Conference on Penal Abolition (ICOPA) gathers activists, academics, journalists, and "others
Ages of consent in South America (5,020 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(Argentine Penal Code, Article 120). Charges can be brought only after a complaint by the minor, their parent or guardian – (Argentine Penal Code Article
In the Penal Colony (2,124 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"In the Penal Colony" ("In der Strafkolonie") (also translated as "In the Penal Settlement") is a short story by Franz Kafka written in German in October
List of countries by incarceration rate (1,001 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
U.S. states by homicide rate United States incarceration rate Category:Penal systems by country See info about additional detainees, and alleged detainees
Swan River Colony (1,830 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
His lobbying was for the establishment of a "free" settlement – unlike penal colonies at New South Wales, Port Arthur and Norfolk Island – in the Swan
Apodaca prison riot (7,637 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
2012. "Mueren 44 reos en riña en penal de NL". El Universal (in Spanish). 20 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012. "Penales de NL, en manos de los grupos
Penal system of Japan (3,438 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The penal system of Japan (including prisons) is part of the criminal justice system of Japan. It is intended to resocialize, reform, rehabilitate and
Convict assignment (188 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Convict assignment was the practice used in many penal colonies of assigning convicts to work for private individuals. Contemporary abolitionists characterised
Ages of consent in Asia (11,333 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
assumed for unmarried women under 14. According to article 349 of the updated penal code, the death penalty for the rapist is eligible only if the rape causes
Islamic criminal jurisprudence (1,723 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
although in recent decades several countries reintroduced elements of Islamic penal law into their legal codes under the growing influence of Islamist movements
Order No. 227 (1,865 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the first three months, blocking detachments shot 1,000 penal troops and sent 24,000 to penal battalions. By October 1942, the idea of regular blocking
Katorga (858 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
system of penal labor in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union (see Katorga labor in the Soviet Union). Prisoners were sent to remote penal colonies
Felony murder rule (3,215 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
terrorism, kidnapping, and carjacking. The American Law Institute's Model Penal Code does not include the felony murder rule, but allows the commission
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (120 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) is Washington's social services department. The agency has its headquarters in Office Building Two
Forced labour (4,215 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
members of their families. Unfree labour includes all forms of slavery, penal labour, and the corresponding institutions, such as debt slavery, serfdom
His Majesty's Prison Service (4,790 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
offenders and debtors. The prison reform charity, the Howard League for Penal Reform, takes its name from John Howard. The Penitentiary Act which passed
Indian Police Service (6,667 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
criticized for acts of moral policing. Using sections 292 to 294 of the Indian Penal Code which are used to deal with obscenity, Police officers have often harassed
Prison warden (911 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The warden (US, Canada) or governor (UK, Australia), also known as a superintendent (US, South Asia) or director (UK, New Zealand), is the official who
Convict era of Western Australia (3,721 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a penal colony of the British Empire. Although it received small numbers of juvenile offenders from 1842, it was not formally constituted as a penal colony
Werckmeister v. American Tobacco Co. (218 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
infringing copies and statutory damages because the act's remedies are penal and must be observed without construction. Additionally, The United States
Age of criminal responsibility (4,007 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
28 July 2015. Sanmarinese Penal Code Archived 28 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine (2019), Art. 10 par. 1 Sanmarinese Penal Code Archived 28 October
Prisoners' rights (496 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Human rights in China Penal system in China Laogai Xinjiang re-education camps Notable prisons: Qincheng Prison Tilanqiao Prison Penal system of Japan Malaysian
Voluntary manslaughter (492 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Retrieved 9 September 2017. See Model Penal Code § 210.3 Dubber, Markus D. (2015-03-10). An Introduction to the Model Penal Code. Oxford University Press.
Patrick Logan (1,665 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Patrick Logan (1791 – 17 October 1830) was the commandant of the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement from 1826 until his death in 1830 at the hands of Aboriginal
Kwalliso (3,201 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Kwalliso (Korean: 관리소) or kwan-li-so is the term for political penal labor and rehabilitation colonies in North Korea. They constitute one of three forms
Punishment in Australia (7,486 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
United Kingdom. Penal colonies were also founded in what is now the states of Queensland, Tasmania, and Western Australia. Two penal colonies were briefly
Abortion in Egypt (483 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Egypt is prohibited by Articles 260–264 of the Penal Code of 1937. However, under Article 61 of the Penal Code, exceptions may be granted in cases of necessity
Law enforcement officer (2,935 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"California Penal Code, Part 2, Title 3, Section 830-832.18". Official California Legislative Information. Retrieved 2017-01-30. "California Penal Code, Part
Honor killing (14,354 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Algeria's 1991 Penal Code Article 279 Egypt's 1937 Penal Code no. 58 Article 237 Iraq's 1966 Penal Code Article 409 Jordan's 1960 Penal Code no. 16 Article
French criminal law (9,386 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
resulting in the French Penal Code of 1791. Under the First Empire, Napoleon enacted the Penal Code of 1810, replaced by the French penal code of 1994. The
Gulag (17,844 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
were dissolved by Khrushchev. The legal practice of sentencing convicts to penal labor continues to exist in the Russian Federation, but its capacity is
Victimology (3,807 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Many lawyers, judges, and academics have espoused this sentiment. The penal couple is defined as the relationship between perpetrator and victim of
Complicit absolution (74 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penitential Positive law Rescript Parish register Ecclesiastical Latin Penal law Canon 1324 Canon 1397 §2 Censure (Catholic canon law) De delictis gravioribus
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (2,800 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is the penal law enforcement agency of the government of California responsible for the
Salvation in Christianity (18,199 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
theory, Christus Victor theory, recapitulation theory, satisfaction theory, penal substitution theory and moral influence theory. Variant views on salvation
1896 Swiss referendum (108 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
accounting system for the railways and a federal law on the disciplinary penal code for the federal army. Whilst the law on the railways was approved,
1991 Swiss referendums (81 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
reorganising the federal finances, which was rejected, and amending the military penal code, which was approved. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe:
Laogai (4,370 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
reform through labor, is a criminal justice system involving the use of penal labor and prison farms in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Láogǎi is
Istgah-e Kuh Pank (154 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Kūpang, Īstgāh-e Kūpeng, Īstgāh-e Rāh Āhan-e Kūh Pang, Kūh Pang, and Kūh Penal) is a village, which also serves as the location of an eponymous railway
Life of prayer and penance (246 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penitential Positive law Rescript Parish register Ecclesiastical Latin Penal law Canon 1324 Canon 1397 §2 Censure (Catholic canon law) De delictis gravioribus
Capital punishment for homosexuality (6,297 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
originate from the codified penal code, or from people seeking to enforce traditional Islamic morality. Article 264 of the national penal code prohibits private
Abortion in Chad (102 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to December 2016, when the National Assembly of Chad passed an updated penal code decriminalising abortion under limited circumstances. Article 358 of
Murder in United States law (7,258 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
degree murder. TN Code § 39-13-202. Second degree murder. TX Penal Code § 19.02. Murder. TX Penal Code § 19.03. Capital Murder. UT Criminal Code § 203. Murder
Prisons in India (3,235 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of convicts, around 87.82%, are convicted of offences under the Indian Penal Code, while 12.05% are convicted under special and local laws. Among undertrials
Capital punishment in Laos (144 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Laos. The long list of capital crimes enumerated in the statute books of Laos include murder; terrorism; drug
Elizabeth Fry (4,321 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Howard League for Penal Reform Elizabeth Fry Biography Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies Canada (Canadian societies for penal reform) "Archival material
999th Light Afrika Division (643 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Africa Brigade (999. Afrika-Brigade), formed several months earlier, as a penal military unit. While all members of Nazi punishment units were labeled "criminals"
Penal substitution (9,458 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penal substitution (also called penal substitutionary atonement or, sometimes, esp. in older writings, called forensic theory) is a theory of the atonement
Censure (1,817 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penitential Positive law Rescript Parish register Ecclesiastical Latin Penal law Canon 1324 Canon 1397 §2 Censure (Catholic canon law) De delictis gravioribus
Article 58 (RSFSR Penal Code) (1,323 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Article 58 of the Russian SFSR Penal Code was put in force on 25 February 1927 to prosecute those suspected of counter-revolutionary activities. It was
Incarceration in Norway (1,852 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Norwegian Association for Criminal Reform (KROM) was formed. KROM altered the penal system, which largely depended on the medical treatment of offenders; at
Strafgesetzbuch (1,588 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
[ˈʃtʁaːfɡəˌzɛtsbuːx] , literally "penal law book"), abbreviated to StGB, is the German penal code. In Germany the Strafgesetzbuch goes back to the Penal Code of the German
Hate speech laws by country (8,029 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
2020, there was no formal or clear law banning hate speech in the Algerian Penal Code. This additional law No.20/05, prohibits and combats bigotry and hate
Incarceration in the United States (26,086 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
debtors, prisoners-of-war, and political prisoners, those bound in the penal transportation and slavery systems; and those accused but not tried for
Interdict (1,883 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penitential Positive law Rescript Parish register Ecclesiastical Latin Penal law Canon 1324 Canon 1397 §2 Censure (Catholic canon law) De delictis gravioribus
1982 Swiss referendums (85 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in 1982. The first two were held on 6 June on an amendment to the Swiss penal code, which was approved, and on a new law on foreigners, which was narrowly
Penal military unit (3,877 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A penal military unit, also known as a penal formation, disciplinary unit, or just penal unit (usually named for their formation and size, such as penal
Sydney Cove (986 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Captain Arthur Phillip, RN between 21 and 23 January 1788 for the British penal settlement which is now the city of Sydney, and where possession of New
Penal damages (377 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penal damages are liquidated damages which exceed reasonable compensatory damages, making them invalid under common law. While liquidated damage clauses
Surety (3,149 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
or both.[citation needed] A key term in nearly every surety bond is the penal sum. This is a specified amount of money which is the maximum amount that
Law enforcement in Brazil (2,796 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Railroad Police, the Federal Penal Police, the State Military Police and Fire Brigade, the State Civil Police and the State Penal Police. Of these, the first
Capital punishment in Greece (556 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
carried out by firing squad, although when the monarchy introduced the Penal Code in 1834, beheading by guillotine became the only mode of execution
Substitutionary atonement (5,291 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
includes Anselm of Canterbury's satisfaction theory, the Reformed period's penal substitution theory, and the Governmental theory of atonement. Substitutionary
Canon 1397 §2 (1,259 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
up to the local bishop. Excommunication of Margaret McBride "Book VI - Penal Sanctions in the Church" (PDF). The Holy See. Archived (PDF) from the original
Freedom of speech in Denmark (1,694 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
pornography, libel, and hate speech/racism, which are restricted by the Danish penal code. Like most other countries, Denmark also forbids publishing classified
Canon 1324 (608 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penitential Positive law Rescript Parish register Ecclesiastical Latin Penal law Canon 1324 Canon 1397 §2 Censure (Catholic canon law) De delictis gravioribus
Holloway brooch (576 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Holloway brooch was presented by the Women's Social and Political Union (WPSU) to women who had been imprisoned at Holloway Prison for militant suffragette
Model Penal Code (2,045 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Model Penal Code (MPC) is a model act designed to stimulate and assist U.S. state legislatures to update and standardize the penal law of the United
Prostitution in Romania (1,217 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
criminal offense in 1957. Prostitution was decriminalized in 2014, as the new Penal code of Romania, which came into force on 1 February 2014, no longer contains
Capital punishment in Sudan (1,468 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
into the Sudanese penal code which caused a number of limitations for the courts. After this failure the previous Indian influenced penal law was reinstated
Houchins v. KQED, Inc. (691 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
First Amendment's on policy grounds. "Whether the government should open penal institutions in the manner sought by respondents is a question of policy
Punta Arenas (3,540 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
was originally established by the Chilean government in 1848 as a small penal colony to assert sovereignty over the Strait. During the remainder of the
Ages of consent in Africa (7,846 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
intercourse, as specified in Article 334 of the penal code. "Heterosexual Sodomy" is illegal, Article 338 of the Penal Code. As well as all same-sex sexual conduct
Trusty system (prison) (1,048 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Penal security system
Cutter v. Wilkinson (325 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Cutter v. Wilkinson, 544 U.S. 709 (2005), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that, under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized
Apostolicae Sedis moderationi (662 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penitential Positive law Rescript Parish register Ecclesiastical Latin Penal law Canon 1324 Canon 1397 §2 Censure (Catholic canon law) De delictis gravioribus
History of Ireland (1691–1800) (3,655 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Roman Catholics, were excluded from power and land ownership under the penal laws. The second-largest group, the Presbyterians in Ulster, owned land
Capital punishment in Jordan (878 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
that: "in coordination with the European Union, we would like to modify our Penal Code. Jordan could soon become the first country in the Middle East without
Scottish Prison Service (720 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) (Scottish Gaelic: Seirbheis Phrìosain na h-Alba) is an executive agency of the Scottish Government tasked with managing
Loss of clerical state (1,880 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penitential Positive law Rescript Parish register Ecclesiastical Latin Penal law Canon 1324 Canon 1397 §2 Censure (Catholic canon law) De delictis gravioribus
Anathema (2,303 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The word anathema has two main meanings. One is to describe that something or someone is being hated or avoided. The other refers to a formal excommunication
List of parties to the Genocide Convention (2,237 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
January 2017. "Penal Code od Serbia, Article 370: Genocide". Retrieved 15 May 2023. Penal Code (Cap. Penal Code (Singapore), 2008 Rev. Ed.) Penal Code (Amendment)
Capital punishment in Tajikistan (124 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Capital punishment in Tajikistan is allowed by Article 18 of the 1999 Constitution of Tajikistan, which provides: "Every person has the right to life.
Governmental theory of atonement (2,931 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The substitution is in suffering without the penal element. A major presupposition is that a vicarious penal substitution is impossible. Miley states: "Nothing
Capital punishment in Slovenia (133 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Capital punishment was abolished in Slovenia in 1989, when it was still a Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (although it was not abolished on the
David Collins (lieutenant governor) (1,155 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
He sailed with Governor Arthur Phillip on the First Fleet to establish a penal colony at what is now Sydney. He became secretary to the first couple of
1938 Swiss referendums (274 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
was approved by voters. The fifth referendum was held on 3 July on the penal code, and was approved. The sixth and final referendum of the year was held
Corporal punishment (5,054 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the inmates for misconduct in custody, has long been common practice in penal institutions worldwide. It has officially been banned in most Western civilizations
Sodomy law (10,042 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
introduced into the Penal Code in 1938. In October 2007, during a Penal Code review, Singapore repealed Section 377 of the Penal Code, but 377A remained
Spanish Prisoner (435 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Spanish Prisoner is a confidence trick originating by at least the early 19th century, as Eugène François Vidocq described in his memoirs. In its original
Re-education through labor (4,717 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(compared to 346 re-education centers). Both systems, however, involve penal labor and often do not allow trials or judicial hearings. The term "reform
Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (891 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
being good practices in the treatment of prisoners and the management of penal institutions. Specifically, it covers issues related to: minimum standards
Actus reus (2,011 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
But for not having acted, the injury would not have occurred. The Model Penal Code specifically outlines specifications for criminal omissions: the omission
May Seventh Cadre School (1,142 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
May Seventh Cadre Schools (simplified Chinese: 五七干校; traditional Chinese: 五七幹校) were a system of rural communes in China established during the Cultural
Kahoʻolawe (3,602 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
III replaced the death penalty with exile, and Kahoʻolawe became a men's penal colony sometime around 1830. Food and water were scarce, some prisoners
Law of Italy (1,842 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
original one of 1865. The penal code ("The Rocco Code") was also written under fascism (1930). Both the civil code and the penal code have been modified
Carceral feminism (2,819 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
emphasizing on stereotypes that portray them as threatening or dangerous. Penal populism Bernstein, Elizabeth (2007). "The Sexual Politics of the 'New Abolitionism"
Murder (10,058 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
preterintentional homicide (art. 222-7 French penal code, art. 584 Italian penal code, art. 227 German penal code etc.). Felony murder contrasts with the
Actus reus (2,011 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
But for not having acted, the injury would not have occurred. The Model Penal Code specifically outlines specifications for criminal omissions: the omission
Carceral feminism (2,819 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
emphasizing on stereotypes that portray them as threatening or dangerous. Penal populism Bernstein, Elizabeth (2007). "The Sexual Politics of the 'New Abolitionism"
Latae sententiae and ferendae sententiae (1,569 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Miras, Jorge. "Practical Guide to Canonical Administrative Procedure in Penal Matters" (PDF). "Canon 1379 § 3" (PDF). Retrieved 28 Jan 2023. "Can. 1386"
Swiss Criminal Code (939 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Strafgesetzbuch (StGB), French: Code pénal suisse (CP), Italian: Codice penale svizzero (CP), Romansh: Cudesch penal svizzer) is a portion of the third
Abortion in Angola (319 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and the person who performs the procedure to up to five years in prison (Penal Code - Article 154). If the woman dies as a result of the abortion or if
Foot whipping (1,730 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
disciplinary punishment. Throughout the Nazi era it was frequently used in German penal institutions and labour camps. It was also inflicted on the population in
Cooking Pot Uprising (3,197 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Cooking Pot Riot was an uprising of convicts led by William Westwood in the penal colony of Norfolk Island, Australia. It occurred on 1 July 1846 in response
Rape in India (8,631 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
local and nationwide public protests. This led the government to reform its penal code for crimes of rape and sexual assault. According to NCRB 2021 statistics
Code of Criminal Procedure (India) (2,660 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Rebellion of 1857, the crown took over the administration in India. The Indian Penal Code, 1861 was passed by the British parliament. The CrPC was created for
National Institute of Corrections (151 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is an agency of the United States government. It is part of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The NIC was created
Anti-Soviet agitation (1,536 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
counter-revolutionary activity grouped together under Article 58 of the Russian RSFSR Penal Code. The article was put in force on 25 February 1927 and remained in force
Blasphemy in Pakistan (3,776 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Pakistan Penal Code outlaws blasphemy (Urdu: قانون ناموس رسالت) against any recognized religion, with punishments ranging from a fine to the death
Philippine legal codes (789 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
that Spain enforced in the Philippines were the Spanish Civil Code and the Penal Code. The practice of codification was retained during the period of American
De delictis gravioribus (756 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penitential Positive law Rescript Parish register Ecclesiastical Latin Penal law Canon 1324 Canon 1397 §2 Censure (Catholic canon law) De delictis gravioribus
Saltwater River, Tasmania (297 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
locality in 1967. Saltwater River (also known as Saltwater Creek) is a former penal colony on the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania, Australia. It is 23 kilometres
Howard League for Penal Reform (829 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Howard League for Penal Reform is a registered charity in the United Kingdom. It is the oldest penal reform organisation in the world, named after
Prisons in Ukraine (505 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
higher instance of suicide (44 prisoners) and HIV (761 deaths therefrom) in penal institutions during 2009; the former compares with 40 suicides in 2008.
William Sorell (839 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
always be known for, however, was the foundation of the Macquarie Harbour Penal Settlement in 1821, a place he referred to as for 'ultra banishment and
Abortion in Colombia (3,579 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
according to a Constitutional Court ruling in 2006. The 1837 and 1936 penal legislation authorized therapeutic abortion while banning all other forms
In the Penal Colony (opera) (1,279 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
In the Penal Colony is a chamber opera in one act and 16 scenes composed by Philip Glass to an English-language libretto by Rudy Wurlitzer. The opera
Suicide legislation (10,370 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
2016-08-13. "Penal Code Article 127.". International committee of the Red Cross. Retrieved 2023-03-29. "Penal Code". UNODC. Retrieved 2023-03-16. "Penal Code
Soft detention (230 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Soft detention (Simplified Chinese: 软禁, Traditional Chinese: 軟禁, Pinyin: ruǎnjìn) is a form of house arrest used in the People's Republic of China to control
Comoros (9,477 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa, located at the northern end
Judiciary of Colombia (1,268 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
jurisdictions), which is functionally divided by subject matter into an ordinary, penal, administrative, disciplinary, constitutional and special jurisdictions
Prison cell (1,050 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A prison cell (also known as a jail cell) is a small room in a prison or police station where a prisoner is held. Cells greatly vary by their furnishings
Satisfaction theory of atonement (2,455 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
distinguished from penal substitution. Both are forms of satisfaction theory in that they speak of how Christ's death was satisfactory, but penal substitution
Danish Penal Code (638 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Danish Penal Code, also known as the Danish Criminal Code (Danish: Straffeloven), is the codification of and the foundation of criminal law in Denmark
Intimidation (1,818 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
force. Indian Penal Code (IPC), and penal codes of other nations based on IPC such as Singapore Penal Code, Malaysian Penal Code, Pakistan Penal Code, Bangladesh
Australian Convict Sites (646 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Australian Convict Sites is a World Heritage property consisting of 11 remnant penal sites originally built within the British Empire during the 18th and 19th
Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland (499 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Bundesstrafgericht; French: Tribunal pénal féderal; Italian: Tribunale penale federale; Romansh: Tribunal penal federal) is a Swiss federal court. Since
Shree 420 (1,544 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Nadira, and Kapoor. The number 420 refers to Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, which prescribes the punishment for the offence of fraud; hence, "Mr
Catholic emancipation (2,306 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Roman Catholics introduced by the Act of Uniformity, the Test Acts and the penal laws. Requirements to abjure (renounce) the temporal and spiritual authority
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse (2,212 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
come to Earth to seek out the Toys himself, and banish him back to the Penal Zone, an interdimensional prison that he escaped previously to the episode
Federal Penitentiary Service (1,283 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and juvenile offenders of various security levels, with the majority of penal facilities being corrective labor colonies. Its head office is located at
Revised Penal Code (2,196 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Revised Penal Code contains the general penal laws of the Philippines. First enacted in 1930, it remains in effect today, despite several amendments
Federal Bureau of Prisons (2,711 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Congress, and was charged with the "management and regulation of all Federal penal and correctional institutions." This responsibility covered the administration
Dirlewanger Brigade (3,908 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
raised as the war proceeded and the need for further manpower grew, these penal military units were for those convicted of military offences, whereas the
Altamira prison brawl (1,163 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
internos muertos en penal de Altamira". Terra Networks. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012. (in Spanish) "Batalla en penal de Altamira deja 31
LGBT rights in Angola (2,390 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
early 21st century. In November 2020, the National Assembly approved a new penal code, which legalised consenting same-sex sexual activity. Additionally
Prison tattooing (842 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Prison tattooing is the practice of creating and displaying tattoos in a prison environment. Present-day American and Russian prisoners may convey gang
Private law (689 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
persons (i.e., organizations) and the state, including regulatory statutes, penal law and other law that affects the public order. In general terms, private
Larceny (4,842 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to render it unlikely that an owner will recover such property. — N.Y. Penal L. § 155.00 (3). Traditionally, a thief must not only gain dominion over
Capital punishment in Turkey (874 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
executed by Turkish authorities. Twenty-four articles of the 1926 Turkish Penal Code (Law 765) provided for a mandatory death penalty, 19 of them for crimes
LGBT rights in Singapore (6,545 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
was de jure illegal under the British colonial-era Section 377A of the Penal Code. The law had been de facto unenforced for decades. In February 2022
Convict leasing (2,531 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Convict leasing was a system of forced penal labor that was practiced historically in the Southern United States, the laborers being mainly African-American
Penal system of Panama (700 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
also segregated in the penal system. The Department of Corrections was established in 1940 to administer the country's penal system for the Ministry
Stoning (13,148 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
have inserted stoning and other hudud (pl. of hadd) punishments into their penal codes under the influence of Islamist movements. These laws hold particular
Attempt (2,812 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
dissent in Hyde v. United States (1912). Under the United States Model Penal Code, for a defendant to be convicted of attempt requires that they perform
American Law Institute (2,284 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
been watched closely by the media, particularly the revision of the Model Penal Code Sexual Assault provisions. The movement that led to ALI's founding
Marry-your-rapist law (9,260 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
derived it from the French penal code (France only removed a similar provision in 1994). Article 522 of the Lebanon Penal Code became a part of the law
Cruz v. Beto (1,671 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Cruz v. Beto, 405 U.S. 319 (1972), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court upheld a Free Exercise claim based on the allegations that
Attempt (2,812 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
dissent in Hyde v. United States (1912). Under the United States Model Penal Code, for a defendant to be convicted of attempt requires that they perform
Cook Islands Federation (326 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to be adopted entirely. In 1892, the island of Takutea was set up as a penal colony, but in 1899 its use ceased, and the island of Manuae was used instead
LGBT rights in Yemen (618 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Indian Penal Code and in 1955 via the Penal Code of the Persian Gulf. The independent People's Democratic Republic of Yemen's 1976 penal code did not
Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (1,673 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) is a state agency of Massachusetts. Its administrative office is headquartered in 600 Washington Street
Abortion in Qatar (592 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Abortion in Qatar is illegal in some circumstances. Under Qatar's penal code, a woman who induces her abortion or who consents to an abortion faces up
Homosexuality in India (8,665 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
century Indian Penal Code of the British Empire. After a nine year period of legal battles, a part of the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code was eventually
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces (326 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces is a collection of short stories and recollections by Franz Kafka, with additional writings by Max Brod. First
Capital punishment in Bangladesh (1,901 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
that are currently punishable by death in Bangladesh are set out in the Penal Code 1860. These include waging war against the State, abetting mutiny,
Cockatoo Island (2,908 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the island. Between 1839 and 1869, Cockatoo Island operated as a convict penal establishment, primarily as a place of secondary punishment for convicts
Law of Vatican City (2,232 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
are governed by the Fundamental Law of Vatican City State. The Code of Penal Procedure governs tribunals and the Lateran Treaty governs relations with
Ages of consent in the United States (29,511 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and influence to bring about) V.V.'s sexual conduct." "Texas Penal Code – PENALPENAL § 33.021 – FindLaw". findlaw.com. "Andrew Berkovsky v. The State
Blasphemy law (18,453 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
298 of the Myanmar Penal Code are used to prosecute people for blasphemy. The Myanmar Penal Code shares a common origin with the penal codes of Pakistan
His Majesty's Young Offender Institution (505 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
His Majesty's Young Offenders Institution (or HM YOI) are youth detention centres for offenders between ages 15 to 21 in the United Kingdom. These offenders
Prison uniform (2,650 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
broad arrow to denote crown property. The idea of covering the uniforms of Penal Servitude prisoners with the broad arrow was first introduced by Sir Edmund
Capital punishment in Iceland (765 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Capital punishment in Iceland was practiced until 1830, with 240 individuals executed between 1551 and 1830. The methods of execution included beheading
The Penal Code (123 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Penal Code is a 1932 American crime drama film directed by George Melford. A man serves time in prison, going to disguise his whereabouts from his
Hudud (6,712 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
criminal jurisprudence, and are subsumed under other categories of Islamic penal law, which are: Qisas (meaning retaliation, and following the principle
Dirty protest (1,589 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The dirty protest (also called the no wash protest) was part of a five-year protest during the Troubles by Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and
Lockdown (2,360 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A lockdown (/ˈlɒkˌdaʊn/ ) is a restriction policy for people, community or a country to stay where they are, usually due to specific risks that could possibly
Criminal law of Singapore (3,526 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
largely statutory in nature and historically derives largely from the Indian penal code. The general principles of criminal law, as well as the elements and
Vos estis lux mundi (2,137 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penitential Positive law Rescript Parish register Ecclesiastical Latin Penal law Canon 1324 Canon 1397 §2 Censure (Catholic canon law) De delictis gravioribus
Prostitution in Rwanda (1,388 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and brothel keepers) are criminalised by the country's Penal Code. However, a draft of a new Penal Code that does not prohibit prostitution was presented
Michigan Department of Corrections (415 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) oversees prisons and the parole and probation population in the state of Michigan, United States. It has
Capital punishment in Brunei (334 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
while it was still a British Protectorate. In April 2014, a new penal code, the Syariah Penal Code Order (SPCO) was introduced by Brunei to implement elements
Cascades Female Factory (631 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Female Factory, a former Australian workhouse for female convicts in the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, is located in Hobart, Tasmania. Operational
Internal and external forum (1,767 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penitential Positive law Rescript Parish register Ecclesiastical Latin Penal law Canon 1324 Canon 1397 §2 Censure (Catholic canon law) De delictis gravioribus
Mordovia (2,742 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Russian penal colony". Reuters. Retrieved November 19, 2022. Hopkins, Valerie. "Here’s a look at two Americans still detained in Russian penal colonies
Capital punishment in Somalia (764 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
carried out by shooting, in accordance with the 1962 Somali Penal Code and the Military Penal Code. Sharia and Islamic tribunals are recognised in Somalia
Commissariat Store, Brisbane (6,406 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of Captain Logan as a permanent Commissariat Store for the Moreton Bay penal settlement. It is also known as Government Stores, State Stores Building
Mass rock (2,985 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Reformation in Ireland, Cromwell's campaign against the Irish, and the Penal Laws of 1695. Bishops were banished and priests had to register to preach
Tucker Unit (1,490 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Tucker Unit is a prison in Dudley Lake Township, unincorporated Jefferson County, Arkansas, 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Pine Bluff. It is operated
Flagellation (5,666 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Wales instead, where more whippings often awaited them. (See Australian penal colonies section.) Oman later wrote: If anything was calculated to brutalize
Marital rape laws by country (7,817 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(1995, as amended 2015.) Algeria Code Penal (2009) (in French) Andorra Code Pénal (2005) (in French) Angola Código Penal (in Portuguese) Antigua and Barbuda:
Abortion in Bolivia (388 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
incest, or to protect the woman's health. This policy forms part of the Penal Code laid down in 1973, and has been in force since then. Due to the difficulty
Capital punishment in Vietnam (576 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
especially vulnerable to death penalty executions. Twenty-nine articles in the Penal Code allow the death penalty as an optional punishment. Executions were
Capital punishment in Pakistan (1,991 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to find an individual guilty of any crimes punishable by death under the Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860)[permanent dead link], or any other relevant law.
LGBT rights in Bahrain (3,783 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Raj. A new Penal Code was enacted in March 1976, repealing the Penal Code of the Persian Gulf that was imposed by the British. The new penal code does
History of Australia (1788–1850) (12,244 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
at Port Jackson on the lands of the Eora, and the establishment of the penal colony of New South Wales as part of the British Empire. It further covers
Cieneguillas prison riots (970 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
en un penal en el Estado mexicano de Zacatecas". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 7 January 2020. "Reportan segunda riña en penal de Cieneguillas
The Penal Colony (film) (106 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
The Penal Colony (Spanish: La colonia penal) is a 1970 Chilean drama film directed by Raúl Ruiz. It is based on Franz Kafka's 1919 short story, "In the
Grievous bodily harm (4,383 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable ... to be kept in penal servitude for life ... The words omitted in the first to third places specifically
Law enforcement in Bhutan (1,971 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Security Act of 1992, the Civil and Criminal Procedure Code of 2001, the Penal Code of 2004, the Constitution of 2008, and the Prison Act of 2009. Numerous
Mafia (2,487 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
as a Mafia-type association in 2010 under Article 416 bis of the Italian penal code. Italy's highest court of last resort, the Supreme Court of Cassation
His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons (390 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Prisons has been more willing to speak critically in public of government penal policy. There is also a separate post of His Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons
Military justice (4,393 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
civilian criminal law. The military criminal law, the 45th Chapter of the penal code, encompasses only the crimes which only military persons can commit
Alexander Pearce (1,288 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Pearce (1790 – 19 July 1824) was an Irish convict who was transported to the penal colony in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), Australia for seven years for
Transportation ballads (946 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of convicted criminals, originally to the American colonies and later to penal colonies in Australia. They were intended to serve as warnings of the hardships
Prisoner security categories in the United Kingdom (1,072 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the English/Welsh system: His Majesty's Prison Service Howard League for Penal Reform List of prisons in the United Kingdom Scottish Prison Service "Prison
Islas Marías (1,831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
municipality (municipio) of San Blas, Nayarit. The islands were used as a penal colony until February 18, 2019, when President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Transportation ballads (946 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of convicted criminals, originally to the American colonies and later to penal colonies in Australia. They were intended to serve as warnings of the hardships
Moreton Bay Penal Settlement (2,902 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Moreton Bay Penal Settlement operated from 1825 to 1842. It became the city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Moreton Bay Penal Settlement was
Prisoner security categories in the United Kingdom (1,072 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the English/Welsh system: His Majesty's Prison Service Howard League for Penal Reform List of prisons in the United Kingdom Scottish Prison Service "Prison
Crime in Romania (1,739 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
law. The current Romanian Penal Code came into effect on 1 February 2014. The current criminal code was preceded by The Penal Code of 1969 (in force from
Corrections (1,651 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
correctional institution is a prison. A correctional system, also known as a penal system, thus refers to a network of agencies that administer a jurisdiction's
Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet (2,452 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
took office on 14 May. At the time Van Diemen's Land was the main British penal colony and it was separated from New South Wales in 1825. It was during
Thomas Davey (governor) (880 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Thomas Davey (1758 – 2 May 1823) was a New South Wales Marine and member of the First Fleet to New South Wales, who went on to become the second Lieutenant
Lèse-majesté (6,702 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the monarch is protected by the usual libel paragraph (§267 of the Danish Penal Code which allows for up to four months of imprisonment), but §115 allows
Test Acts (1,553 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Test Acts were a series of penal laws originating in Restoration England, passed by the Parliament of England, that served as a religious test for
Canal 10 (Uruguay) (841 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
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Jail (TV series) (528 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Jail (stylized as JAIL) is an American reality television series that follows people who have been arrested for various crimes as they are booked and held
Judiciary of Greece (1,693 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Council of State, the Court of Auditors, administrative, civil and penal courts and public prosecutors, as well as the continuous training of judges
List of administrative heads of Norfolk Island (82 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The administrator of Norfolk Island acts as a representative both of The Crown and of the Government of Australia, as well as carrying out other duties
Defrocking (1,999 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Defrocking, unfrocking, degradation, or laicization of clergy is the removal of their rights to exercise the functions of the ordained ministry. It may
Caldoche (2,528 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Caldoche are of French descent and have their origins as free colonial or penal settlers, with smaller but significant numbers of Caldoche being of Italian
New York City Department of Correction (1,272 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Blackwell's Island, was the main penal institution under the jurisdiction of the DOC until the 1930s when it was closed. The penal institutions moved to Rikers
Abortion in Malaysia (1,835 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(approximately 4 months) of gestation, as regulated under Sections 312–316 of the Penal Code. However, specific legislation varies by state. Access to abortion
Eagle Farm, Queensland (1,450 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
appeared as a name in 1839, identifying a cultivation area in the Moreton Bay penal settlement. In 1829, Captain Patrick Logan chose this well-watered, fertile
Point system (driving) (6,208 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Many countries have adopted a penalty point or demerit point system under which a person’s driving license is revoked or suspended based on the number
Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (490 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Section 420 in the Indian Penal Code deals with Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property. The maximum punishment which can be awarded under
State Hospital (869 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The State Hospital (also known as Carstairs Hospital, or simply Carstairs) is a psychiatric hospital in the village of Carstairs, in South Lanarkshire
Sexual consent in law (22,864 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Bangladesh: Penal Code (1860, amended to 2008) Myanmar: Penal Code Pakistan: Penal Code Afghanistan: Shia Personal Status Law (2008) Indonesia: Penal Code Archived
Crimen sollicitationis (2,846 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(the foulest crime), namely a homosexual act, with which were equated, for penal effects, any perpetrated or attempted externally obscene act with pre-adolescent
Military prison (1,781 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
members of the military found guilty of a serious crime. There are two types: penal and confinement-oriented, where captured enemy combatants are confined for
A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual (659 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual ("the JLM") is a resource for incarcerated individuals and jailhouse lawyers. It is published and distributed by the editors
National Commission for Women (1,196 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a minor controversy over its insistence that Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code not be changed to make adulterous wives equally prosecutable by their
Rhode Island Department of Corrections (242 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) is a government agency of the U.S. state of Rhode Island operating state prisons. It has its headquarters
LGBT rights in the Maldives (2,894 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
prescribes criminal penalties for same-sex sexual conduct and relationships. The Penal Code of the Maldives invokes Islamic Shariah Law, which punishes homosexuality
Convicts on the West Coast of Tasmania (804 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The use of the west coast as an outpost to house convicts in isolated penal settlements occurred in the eras 1822–33, and 1846–47. The main locations
LGBT rights in Chad (802 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of same-sex sexual activity are illegal in the country. Before the new penal code took effect in August 2017, homosexual activity between adults had
Popery Act (3,050 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
William Edward Hartpole Lecky called it the most notorious of the Irish Penal Laws. Inheritance in traditional Irish law used gavelkind, whereby an estate
Indiana Department of Correction (453 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) operates state prisons in Indiana. It has its headquarters in Indianapolis. As of 2019, the Indiana Department
Qin dynasty (5,814 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
administrative. Only including penal law alongside li ritual, comparative model manuals in the Qin empire guided penal legal procedure and application
Inchoate offense (1,641 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
may be proven by the doctrine of "dangerous proximity", while the Model Penal Code requires a "substantial step in a course of conduct". The doctrine
Rule against foreign revenue enforcement (1,755 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
acting as a collector of taxes for a sister state and from enforcing its penal or revenue laws as such. The rule is universally recognized that the revenue
Robinson Crusoe Island (1,957 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Jr. described the port of Juan Fernandez as a young prison colony. The penal institution was soon abandoned and the island again uninhabited before a
1728 in Ireland (173 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Disenfranchising Act, an Act of the Parliament of Ireland, one of a series of Penal Laws, prohibiting all Roman Catholics from voting, receives royal assent
Capital punishment in Israel (1,727 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Israel. Capital punishment has only been imposed twice in the history of the state and is only to be handed out
Blanket protest (1,804 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The blanket protest was part of a five-year protest during the Troubles by Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)
Hindu Sena (490 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
they were considering action against Gupta under Section 182 of the Indian Penal Code (false information, with intent to cause public servant to use his
Franz Kafka bibliography (910 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Sons, The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces The Metamorphosis Die Verwandlung (1915) The Complete Stories, The Sons, The Penal Colony: Stories
John Howard (prison reformer) (2,305 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
merged with the Penal Reform League in 1921 to become the Howard League for Penal Reform. Today, the Howard League is Britain's biggest penal reform organisation
LGBT rights in Pakistan (9,128 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
law prescribes criminal penalties for same-sex sexual acts. The Pakistani Penal Code of 1860, originally developed under the British Raj, criminalises sodomy
Prison ring (194 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A prison ring is a type of plastic jewelry fashioned by hand in prisons, by working scrap plastic material, commonly celluloid items such as a toothbrush
Moreton Bay (song) (569 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
tells of the hardship a convict experienced at penal settlements around Australia, in particular, the penal colony at Moreton Bay, Queensland, which was
Dowry system in India (6,750 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Parliament of India and subsequently by Sections 304B and 498A of the Indian Penal Code. The Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 defines dowry: "Dowry means any property
Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia (542 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Justicia de Colombia) in Bogotá is the highest judicial body in civil and penal matters and issues of criminal and civil procedure in Colombia. The court
LGBT rights in the Commonwealth of Nations (2,187 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
these laws following independence. Due to the common origin of historical penal codes in many former British colonies, the prohibition of homosexual acts
LGBT rights in the State of Palestine (3,571 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
decriminalized across the territory with the adoption of the Jordanian Penal Code of 1951. In the Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip and under Hamas' rule
Prison ring (194 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A prison ring is a type of plastic jewelry fashioned by hand in prisons, by working scrap plastic material, commonly celluloid items such as a toothbrush
Moreton Bay (song) (569 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
tells of the hardship a convict experienced at penal settlements around Australia, in particular, the penal colony at Moreton Bay, Queensland, which was
Virginia Department of Corrections (1,696 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
18th Century, Virginia relied upon corporal and capital punishment as its penal measures. Gradually, Virginia began to use small county jails for sentences
Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Baronet (886 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, 1st Baronet FRS (21 February 1783 – 3 February 1847) was a politician in the United Kingdom who served as Member of Parliament
Special Category Status (723 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
In July 1972, William Whitelaw, the Conservative British government's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, granted Special Category Status (SCS) to
HM Prison and Probation Service (563 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) responsible for the correctional services in England
Penal populism (528 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penal populism is a media driven political process whereby politicians compete with each other to impose tougher prison sentences on offenders based on
Parliament of Ireland (3,945 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Irish Reformation and Catholics were excluded from membership and voting in penal times. The Constitution of 1782 amended Poynings' Law to allow the Irish
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968–69 (1,417 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968–69 (French: Loi de 1968–69 modifiant le droit pénal) was an omnibus bill that introduced major changes to the Canadian Criminal
Abortion in Vanuatu (323 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Abortion is illegal under the provisions of section 117 of the Vanuatu Penal Code, Act No. 17 or 7 August 1981. The code states that any woman who intentionally
French Penal Code of 1791 (414 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The French Penal Code of 1791 was a penal code adopted during the French Revolution by the Constituent Assembly, between 25 September and 6 October 1791
City Botanic Gardens (2,422 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Point campus. It was established in 1825 as a farm for the Moreton Bay penal settlement. The Gardens include Brisbane's most mature gardens, with many
Culpable homicide (988 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
include causing death whether by intention or not. Under §299 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), "[...committer of] Culpable homicide" is defined as "Whoever
Department of Correctional Services (South Africa) (587 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The Department of Correctional Services is a department of the South African government. It is responsible for running South Africa's prison system. The
Ergenekon trials (5,331 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
accused. Those sentences were overturned shortly after. Since Istanbul Heavy Penal Court 13 (tr: 13. İstanbul Ağır Ceza Mahkemesi) accepted the 2,455-page
Capital punishment in India (13,178 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
penalty for some crimes under the country's main substantive penal legislation, the Indian Penal Code, as well as other laws. Executions are carried out by
Solitary confinement (8,438 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
violent crimes. The penal system has been cited as failing to protect juveniles in custody. In the United Kingdom, 29 children died in penal custody between
Convict ships to Norfolk Island (548 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Norfolk Island twice served as a penal colony, from March 1788 to February 1814, and from 1825 to 1853. During both periods the government in the Colony
187 (slang) (939 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Section 187 (often referred to in slang simply as 187) of the California Penal Code defines the crime of murder. The number is commonly pronounced by reading
Flag desecration (11,720 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and $10,000 in fines after protests about jobs and housing. The Penal Code (Código Penal) on its Article 222 criminalizes the public desecration of the
Law of South Korea (3,710 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
codified in the Penal Code, which was originally enacted in 1953, and has undergone little revision since. In addition to the Penal Code, several 'special
LGBT rights in Sri Lanka (5,674 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Article 365 of the Sri Lankan Penal Code, which dates from the time of colonial British Ceylon, criminalizes
Oxley Creek (1,405 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
was being felled near the mouth of Oxley Creek for use in the Moreton Bay penal settlement and in the area that is now known as Chelmer and Graceville.
Saint-Martin-de-Ré (521 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
kept prisoners before they were shipped to the penal colonies in French Guiana or New Caledonia. See penal colonies on Ré Island (in French). The population
Irish slaves myth (4,567 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Irish slaves myth is a fringe pseudohistorical narrative that conflates the penal transportation and indentured servitude of Irish people during the 17th
Exile (2,206 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Exile or banishment, is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under
Love Crimes of Kabul (213 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Love Crimes of Kabul is a 2011 documentary film following select cases of inmates at Badam Bagh women's prison in Kabul, Afghanistan, where half are jailed
Cambridge Institute of Criminology (783 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Criminology Centre for Community, Gender and Social Justice Centre for Penal Theory and Penal Ethics Jerry Lee Centre for Experimental Criminology Prisons Research
Ticket of leave (1,002 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A ticket of leave was a document of parole issued to convicts who had shown they could now be trusted with some freedoms. Originally the ticket was issued
2017–2019 Romanian protests (8,128 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sworn-in government secretly approved an ordinance modifying the Penal Code and Penal Procedure Code during the night of 31 January. Opponents raised accusations
History of Norfolk Island (6,731 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Maconochie than at any other time during the second penal settlement's history. The second penal settlement began to be wound down by the British government
Ecclesiastical court (3,614 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
judicial vicar or officialis. A single judge can handle normal contentious and penal cases. A college of at least three judges, however, must try cases involving
Maria Island (2,581 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Irelander Rebellion of 1848. His cottage still exists in the nearby former penal colony Port Arthur to where he was deported after his time on Maria Island
Lachlan Macquarie (6,738 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
have had a crucial influence on the transition of New South Wales from a penal colony to a free settlement and therefore to have played a major role in
Suicide in Singapore (613 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
also been a contributing factor in some suicides. On 9 September 2018, the Penal Code review committee called for the law on attempted suicide to be repealed
Abortion in Nigeria (2,427 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
depending on geographical location. Northern Nigeria is governed by The Penal Code and Southern Nigeria is governed by The Criminal Code. The only legal
Perjury (5,867 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and provides for a prison sentence of up to five years. The California Penal Code allows for perjury to be a capital offense in cases causing wrongful
Section 213 of the Norwegian Penal Code (194 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Section 213 of the Norwegian Penal Code was a provision of the Norwegian Penal Code that defined sexual intercourse between men as well as between people
Ross Female Factory (521 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Female Factory, a former Australian workhouse for female convicts in the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, is located in the village of Ross, in the midlands
Black Dolphin Prison (996 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Federal Governmental Institution — Penal Colony No. 6 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in Orenburg Oblast, commonly known as the Black Dolphin
The Old Windmill, Brisbane (6,433 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Australia. It was built in the 1820s by convict labour in the Moreton Bay penal settlement and is the oldest surviving building in Queensland. It is also
LGBT rights in Afghanistan (3,117 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
unofficial Sharia courts or by related crimes, such as extramarital sex. The Penal Code of 1976 was reinstated after 2001, and it had several provisions that
Shortland Island (422 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the naval commander of a 1777–79 voyage by the First Fleet to establish a penal colony at Botany Bay, Australia. On March 30, 1942, war ships of the Imperial
Disciplinary Company of the Foreign Regiments in the Far East (267 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
1946–1954 Disbanded August 11, 1954 Country  France Branch French Army Type Penal military unit Part of French Foreign Legion Garrison/HQ Tagne Island, Cam
Black jails (1,141 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Black jails (Chinese: 黑監獄; pinyin: hēijiānyù) are a network of extralegal detention centers established by Chinese security forces and private security
Communications management unit (1,627 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A communications management unit (CMU) is a type of self-contained group within a facility in the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons that severely
National Penitentiary Institute (Peru) (1,808 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Inspector General of Prisons was first established by Article 26 of the Penal Code of 1924. After becoming Inspector General on March 28, 1928, Dr. Bernardino
Prison commissary (734 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
A prison commissary or canteen is a store within a correctional facility, from which inmates may purchase products such as hygiene items, snacks, writing
Convict ship (574 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
any ship engaged on a voyage to carry convicted felons under sentence of penal transportation from their place of conviction to their place of exile. A
1879 Swiss referendums (183 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
nationwide abolition in 1938, when a new criminal code (which overrode cantonal penal codes) was approved in a referendum. The January referendum on rail subsidies
Court of Quebec (2,546 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Quebec, Canada. The court has jurisdiction over civil matters, criminal and penal matters as well as over youth matters The court sits in administrative matters
San Cristóbal Island (865 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of fresh water is what led to the early settlement of San Cristobal. A penal colony was built on San Cristóbal Island in 1880 for prisoners from mainland
List of convict ship voyages to Western Australia (279 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
43 convict ship voyages. Western Australia was classed as a full-fledged penal colony in 1850. Parkhurst apprentices were juvenile prisoners from Parkhurst
Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 (3,772 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Revised Penal Code also punishable under the Act when committed using a computer, with more severe penalties than what was provided by the Revised Penal Code
Traditional Chinese law (3,759 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
independent states into which the Zhou kingdom had fragmented codified their penal laws and inscribed them on bronze cauldrons. For example, at least two codifications
LGBT rights in the 18th century (2,623 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
thus extending the Penal Code of 1791 to the territory. The French Republic annexes the Imperial Town of Speyer, thus extending the Penal Code of 1791 to
Levente (organization) (442 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
tribunals, convicted of "anti-Soviet activities" and deported to the USSR for penal labor. Levente members in Újtusnád, Northern Transylvania after the Second
Law of Brazil (1,370 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
important federal law documents in the country include the Civil Code, the Penal Code, the Commercial Code, the National Tax Code, the Consolidation of Labor
Capital punishment in South Sudan (744 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in South Sudan. It is covered under the Penal Code Act of South Sudan and allows for executions of individuals in the
Boot camp (correctional) (2,960 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Boot camps are part of the correctional and penal system of some countries. Modeled after military recruit training camps, these programs are based on
High courts of justice (Spain) (886 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Community that do not have another organ overseeing both. In its penal aspect, the Civil and Penal Chamber hears criminal cases reserved to the superior court
Pornography laws by region (6,535 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
offence of pornography. The law repeals and replaces Section 166 of the Penal Code Act, widening the legal interpretation of pornography and prohibiting
Indian Slavery Act, 1843 (822 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
banned, and anyone buying or selling slaves would be booked under the Indian Penal Code with an offence carrying strict punishment. Some East India Company
1994 Swiss referendums (232 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
on breadstuffs and an amendment to the Strafgesetzbuch and the military penal code, both of which were approved. The final three referendums were held
Hedge school (1,151 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
children of 'non-conforming' faiths (Catholic and Presbyterian). Under the penal laws of the time, only schools for those of the Anglican faith were allowed
Abortion in Bahrain (113 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
legal upon request, upon authorization by a panel of physicians. By the Penal Code of 1976, abortion is only illegal in Bahrain when it is self-induced
Abu Ghraib prison (2,190 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Abu Ghraib prison (Arabic: سجن أبو غريب, Sijn Abū Ghurayb) was a prison complex in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, located 32 kilometers (20 mi) west of Baghdad. Abu
House of correction (427 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penal facility
Vagueness doctrine (1,856 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
chilled because of a statute's vagueness (either because the statute is a penal statute with criminal or quasi-criminal civil penalties, or because the
Capital punishment in Poland (1,747 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
earlier. No death penalty is envisaged in the current Polish penal law. According to its first Penal Code, of 1818, executions would be carried out by beheading
Colorado Department of Corrections (1,026 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Colorado Department of Corrections is the principal department of the Colorado state government that operates the state prisons. It has its headquarters
Moreton Bay (5,900 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
day about the Bay. Australian Folk Songs: Moreton Bay Folk song about the penal colony at Moreton Bay Pencil drawing of Moreton Bay settlement, ca. 1835
Paragraph 175 (5,694 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of penal law. Nevertheless, the draft penal law submitted by Bismarck in 1870 to the North German Confederation retained the relevant Prussian penal provisions
Apostasy (10,758 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a religion or belief, including the use of threat of physical force or penal sanctions to compel believers or non-believers to adhere to their religious
Cannabis in Argentina (604 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Cannabis in Argentina is regulated by the Penal Code of Argentina, which prohibits its possession, cultivation, and supply, except for authorized medical
William Hutchinson (superintendent) (930 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
stealing from the government stores in Sydney, and was transported to the penal settlement on Norfolk Island. Hutchinson soon gained employ in the administration
1998 California Proposition 6 (274 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
votes cast. The proposition added sections 598c and 598d to the California Penal Code, making it a felony for any person in the state to possess, transfer
Oklahoma Department of Corrections (1,491 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC or ODOC) is an agency of the state of Oklahoma. DOC is responsible for the administration of the state prison
LGBT history in Romania (1,237 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Veveli, fact also mentioned by Miron Costin in his chronicle. 1864 – The Penal Code promulgated by Alexandru Ioan Cuza, inspired by the French model, does
Section 171 of the Criminal Code of Cyprus (699 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
one MP chose to abstain. Article 200, a similar provision in the Romanian Penal Code Paragraph 175, a similar provision in the German Criminal Code LGBT
Prisons in the Republic of Ireland (2,687 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
general and directors of the Irish Prison Service on the management of the penal system. In 2002 the retired High Court Judge, Dermot Kinlen, was appointed
Prison gangs in the United States (2,170 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Social Order of the Underworld: How Prison Gangs Govern the American Penal System. Oxford University Press (published July 24, 2014). ISBN 978-0199328505
Censure (Catholic canon law) (5,591 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
or, in the case of clerics, suspension or degradation. In her ancient penal legislation, the Church, like the Roman State, looked on punishment as consisting
LGBT rights in the United Arab Emirates (4,732 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
acts such as kissing in public, or for cross-dressing. The UAE's Federal Penal Code does not replace the legal system of each emirate, unless it is contrary
1695 in Ireland (371 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Brodrick is appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland; he is a supporter of Penal Laws against Roman Catholics. June – Robert Rochfort is appointed Attorney-General
Capital punishment in Montenegro (1,232 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
criminals" were executed. After Montenegro became a secular principality, a new penal code was adopted in 1855 (The Prince Danilo's Code). It prescribed capital
French Penal Code of 1810 (905 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Penal Code of 1810 (French: Code pénal de 1810) was a code of criminal law created under Napoleon which replaced the Penal Code of 1791. Among other
Papillon (book) (1,472 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Papillon's purported incarceration and subsequent escape from the French penal colony of French Guiana, and covers a 14-year period between 1931 and 1945
Capital punishment in the Comoros (678 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
moratorium in place; although the death penalty remains in the nation's penal code, it has not been used since the 1990s. The Comoros gained independence
Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (842 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry, commonly and formerly referred to as simply the Arizona Department of Corrections, is
Côn Đảo (1,485 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Côn Đảo ("Côn Island") are an archipelago of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, in the Southeast region of Vietnam, and also a district (Vietnamese: Huyện Côn
Freedom of religion in the United Arab Emirates (868 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
hudud crimes of Sharia into its Penal Code - apostasy being one of them. Article 1 and Article 66 of the UAE's Penal Code required hudud crimes to be
Boven-Digoel concentration camp (1,245 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
concentration camp detainees Boven Digoel Regency Robert Cribb, ‘Convict Exile and Penal Settlement in Colonial Indonesia’, Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History
Kingston and Arthur's Vale Historic Area (1,833 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
harshest and cruellest of Australia's penal settlements. It was, however, also a place where humanising experiments in penal reform were conducted. KAVHA is
Regiment of Hibernia (662 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
who fled their own country in the wake of the Flight of the Earls and the penal laws and who became known as the Wild Geese - a name which has become synonymous
Thomas Brisbane (1,779 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Major General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCH, FRS, FRSE (23 July 1773 – 27 January 1860), was a British Army officer, administrator
Penal Code of Japan (526 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Penal Code (刑法 Keihō) of Japan was passed in 1907 as Law No. 45. It is one of six Codes that form the foundation of modern Japanese law. The penal code
Thomas Brisbane (1,779 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Major General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCH, FRS, FRSE (23 July 1773 – 27 January 1860), was a British Army officer, administrator
George III (ship) (1,008 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
George III was a British penal transportation convict ship launched in 1810 in London. She was wrecked while transporting convicts from England to the
Protestantism in Ireland (5,382 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
various penal laws, Dissenters remained vocal advocates of those that targeted Catholics so kept their complaints to a courteous tone. Indeed, penal laws
Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund (1,737 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
became two separate Initiatives: The Cluster Munitions Initiative and The Penal Reform Initiative. Each Initiative set out to create sustainable change
Pollsmoor Prison (1,318 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Cape Town suburb of Tokai in South Africa. Pollsmoor is a maximum security penal facility that continues to hold some of South Africa's most dangerous criminals
Alaska Department of Corrections (355 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Department of Corrections of the state of Alaska is an agency of the state government responsible for corrections. The department manages institutions
History of Ireland (1536–1691) (3,348 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
ruling class of future British administrations in Ireland. A series of Penal Laws discriminated against all Christian faiths other than the established
Ecclesiastical prison (11,467 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Ecclesiastical prisons were penal institutions maintained by the Catholic Church. At various times, they were used for the incarceration both of clergy
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enough. However, that does not apply to jurisdictions which use the Model Penal Code. In some jurisdictions, a person who acted in self-defense with an
Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (1,565 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) (Scottish Gaelic: Coimisean Ath-sgrùdaidh Cùisean Eucoir na h-Alba) is an executive non-departmental
Life imprisonment (6,353 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the International Association of Penal Law. He also stated that life imprisonment, removed from the Vatican City penal code in 2013, is just a variation
Capital punishment in Malaysia (4,556 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
307(2) Penal Code Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder – Section 364 Penal Code Hostage-taking resulting in death – Section 374A Penal Code (see:
Capital punishment in Nigeria (820 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Code laws in the Southern part of Nigeria), The Penal Code Act LFN 1990 (impari materia with the Penal Code operational in the various States in the Northern
Crime in France (805 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Man and of the Citizen Penal Code of 1791 Code of Offences and Penalties Five Codes Code of criminal procedure of 1808 [fr] Penal Code of 1810 Code of criminal
Kolender v. Lawson (1,968 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
convicted once (the second charge was dismissed). Lawson challenged California Penal Code § 647(e), which required persons who loiter or wander on the streets
Insanity defense (8,560 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Capital Punishment report, the ALI rule (American Legal Institute Model Penal Code rule), and other provisions, often relating to a lack of mens rea ("guilty
Green Island, Taiwan (1,423 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
townships (the other being Lanyu Township). The island once served as a penal colony for political prisoners during Taiwan's period of martial law, although
Moondyne (680 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a convict to Western Australia. During his time in Western Australia's penal system. After thirteen months in Western Australia, O'Reilly escaped the
Frederick escape (1,024 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
constructed in the shipyards at the Macquarie Harbour Penal Station on Sarah Island, Tasmania. In 1833 the penal station was being closed down and its convicts
Abortion in El Salvador (2,082 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
were removed when a new abortion law went into effect. El Salvador's 1956 Penal Code contained no explicit exception to its prohibition of abortion, although
Georgia Department of Corrections (1,533 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) is an agency of the U.S. state of Georgia operating state prisons. The agency is headquartered in Forsyth,
Abortion in Romania (2,907 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
compared to many other European countries during that historical period. The Penal Code of 1865, which followed shortly after the union of the Principalities
Criminal Code (Spain) (710 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
the Criminal Code (Ley Orgánica 10/1995, de 23 de noviembre, del Código Penal). Section 149(6) of the Spanish Constitution establishes the sole jurisdiction
Blasphemy law in Egypt (4,114 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The main blasphemy law in Egypt is Article 98(f) of the Egyptian Penal Code. It penalizes: "whoever exploits and uses the religion in advocating and propagating
Cocos Islands mutiny (1,273 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
death sentence commuted to penal servitude for three years Lance Bombardier Kingsley W. J. Diasz — death sentence commuted to penal servitude for four years
Welfarism (3,706 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
exclusive criteria by which legal analysts evaluate legal policy choices. Penal welfarism is a theory in the study of criminal justice which holds that
California Codes (1,869 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
1, 1901, Puerto Rico enacted a Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure which were modeled after the California Penal Code, and on March 10, 1904, it
Falklands Expedition (670 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(contradicting the Monroe Doctrine) founded in the ruins of the former Spanish penal colony of Puerto Soledad by Luis Vernet. Vernet had sought to control sealing
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Official Secrets Act Parliament Act Parliamentary Costs Act Patent Act Penal Servitude Act Petroleum Act Piracy Act Police Act Poor Relief Act Post Office
Law of Vietnam (760 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
were made to the judicial and legal system. New laws introduced since: Penal Code 1912 1946: September 2, 1945 President Ho announced Independence Declaration
Capital punishment in North Korea (2,105 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in North Korea. It is used for many offences, such as grand theft, murder, rape, drug smuggling, treason, espionage
Ilha Grande (939 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
maximum-security prison (Colônia Penal de Dois Rios, later known as Instituto Penal Cândido Mendes). The Cândido Mendes Penal Colony, which housed some of
Oregon Youth Authority (295 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) is a state agency of Oregon, headquartered in Suite 500 of the 530 Center St. NE building in Salem. The agency operates
Norwegian Correctional Service (719 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Norwegian Correctional Service (in Norwegian: Kriminalomsorgen) is a government agency responsible for the implementation of detention and punishment
Penal Code of Romania (1,162 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Penal Code of Romania (Codul penal al României) is a document providing the legal basis regarding criminal law in Romania. The Code contains 446 articles
Railway Protection Force (1,515 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
railway passengers since 2004. However the power of arrests under other penal laws rests in the hands of the Government Railway Police (GRP) of each state
2000 California Proposition 36 (742 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
years. The act is codified in sections 1210 and 3063.1 of the California Penal Code and Division 10.8 of the California Health and Safety Code. Not all
After Prison, What? (215 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
After Prison, What? (Après le bagne) is a 1951 Canadian dramatized short documentary film directed by Ron Weyman for the National Film Board of Canada
Catalpa rescue (3,956 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
prisoners from the Convict Establishment (now Fremantle Prison), a British penal colony in Western Australia. They were taken on the convict ship Hougoumont
Legal drinking age (6,063 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018. "Code Pénal du Burundi – Article 501 et 502" (PDF). MINISTRE DE LA JUSTICE ET GARDE
Solovki prison camp (3,047 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Solovki special camp (later the Solovki special prison), was set up in 1923 on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea as a remote and inaccessible
Edmund Edgar (437 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
engraver and lithographer who was transported as a convict to the British penal colony (now the Australian state) of New South Wales. Born in England in
Alexander Maconochie (penal reformer) (1,714 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
February 1787 – 25 October 1860) was a Scottish naval officer, geographer and penal reformer. In 1840, Maconochie became the Governor of Norfolk Island, a prison
Gun laws in Texas (5,659 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
power to "regulate the wearing of arms, with a view to prevent crime". Penal Code Section 1.08 also prohibits local jurisdictions from enacting or enforcing
Immigration to Australia (6,667 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
European colonisation began in 1788 with the establishment of a British penal colony in New South Wales. Beginning in 1901, Australia maintained the White
Conjugal visit (2,311 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
law, this privilege applies only to heterosexual couples. In the Russian penal system, since a campaign of prison reform that began in 2001, well-behaved
Ushuaia (5,966 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
later served as Argentine President twice, promoted the establishment of a penal colony for re-offenders, modeled after one in Tasmania, Australia, in an
Necrophilia (6,287 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
shall be liable to imprisonment for two years. Article 212 of the Brazilian Penal Code (federal Decree-Law No 2.848) states as follows: Art. 212 – To abuse
Carceral archipelago (4,548 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Surveiller et Punir, to describe the modern penal system of the 1970s, embodied by the well-known penal institution at Mettray in France. The phrase
Women in Vatican City (1,402 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
purposes, such as the Italian penal code in force in 1929 with local modifications. Canon 1397 §2 and articles 381 to 385 of the penal code both prohibit abortion
Necrophilia (6,287 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
shall be liable to imprisonment for two years. Article 212 of the Brazilian Penal Code (federal Decree-Law No 2.848) states as follows: Art. 212 – To abuse
Conjugal visit (2,311 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
law, this privilege applies only to heterosexual couples. In the Russian penal system, since a campaign of prison reform that began in 2001, well-behaved
Carceral archipelago (4,548 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Surveiller et Punir, to describe the modern penal system of the 1970s, embodied by the well-known penal institution at Mettray in France. The phrase
November Coalition (132 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The November Coalition is a non-profit grassroots organization, founded in 1997, which fights against the War on Drugs and for the rights of the prisoners
List of prisons in Australia (1,811 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the European history of Australia, particularly since its formation as a penal colony, Australia has had many establishments for rehabilitation and incarceration
Hate crime (13,936 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
dignity on the basis of origin, citizenship, race, religion, or gender (Penal Code Article 313). Courts have cited bias-based motivation in delivering
Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm (1,049 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines is one of seven operating units of the Bureau of Corrections under the Department
Capital punishment in California (6,565 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Upon admission, the state adopted hanging as the method of choice. The penal code was modified on February 14, 1872, to state that hangings were to take
Overseas departments and regions of France (870 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
provides that, in general, French laws and regulations (France's civil code, penal code, administrative law, social laws, tax laws, etc.) apply to French overseas
Assault (7,366 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Retrieved 10 May 2015. MacDowell (1976) p. 25. Indian Penal Code Chapter XVI "Vakil No1.com – "Indian Penal Code"". Archived from the original on 5 February
Bobby Storey (1,445 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
key role in the Maze Prison escape, the biggest prison break in British penal history. The family was originally from the Marrowbone area, on the Oldpark
Disabilities (Catholics) (150 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Act of Supremacy in 1534. These disabilities were first sanctioned by the Penal Laws, enacted under the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. They were
Crime in Cuba (5,261 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
laws, crimes, and punishments pertinent to Cuba were enumerated in the Penal Laws of the Island of Cuba, issued by Spain. The penalties for crimes were
Judicial system of Bhutan (2,631 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
judicial system comprises the Judicial Commission, the courts, the police, the penal code, and regulations on jabmi (attorneys). The National Judicial Commission
Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford (4,227 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
unpopular causes. He is especially notable for his lifelong advocacy of penal reform. Longford visited prisons on a regular basis for nearly 70 years
Judicial system of Singapore (1,471 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
continental Europe. The current criminal code was preceded by the Indian Penal Code which was adopted when Singapore was a Crown colony of the British
Indefinite imprisonment (1,669 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
existed in every U.S. state from the 1930s to the mid-1970s. The Model Penal Code, developed in the 1950s, focused on offenders' treatment needs rather
New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission (392 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission is a state agency of New Jersey, headquartered in Ewing Township, near Trenton. The commission, under the office
Adultery law in India (1,334 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Adultery was a criminal offence under Chapter XX of the Indian Penal Code until it was quashed by the Supreme Court of India on 27 September 2018 as unconstitutional
Mettray (117 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. The Mettray Penal Colony was opened there in 1839. The inhabitants are called Mettrayens in
Utah Department of Corrections (754 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Utah Department of Corrections (UDC) is a government agency dedicated to the management and supervision of convicted felons in the U.S. state of Utah
Hawaii Department of Human Services (231 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Hawaii Department of Human Services is a state agency of Hawaii, headquartered in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu on the island of Oahu.
Capital punishment in Chad (1,037 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
maintained capital punishment for terrorism-related offenses. Chad's new penal code, which was adopted in 2014 and promulgated in 2017, had abolished capital
Compassionate release (4,665 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
1111/j.1748-720x.1999.tb01455.x. PMID 11067598. S2CID 744237. "California Penal Code Section 1170". Spaulding, Anne C.; el al (2011). "Prisoner Survival
Kingdom of Ireland (3,831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Irish Catholic majority suffered official discrimination: under the penal laws, Catholicism was suppressed and Catholics were barred from government
LGBT rights in the Dominican Republic (2,331 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and the age of consent is set equally at 18 years of age. Previously, the Penal Code criminalised any act that was deemed to be in violation of "decorum
Depraved-heart murder (1,424 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
them. Depraved-heart murder is recognized in the Model Penal Code § 210.2(1)(b). The Model Penal Code considers unintentional killing to constitute murder
Burglary (5,055 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the third degree, N.Y. Penal Law section 140.20, found at NY Laws. Accessed May 28, 2008. Burglary in the second degree, N.Y. Penal Law section 140.25, found
Disciplinary and Penal Code (2,882 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Disciplinary and Penal Code (German: Lagerordnung) was first written for Dachau concentration camp and became the uniform code at all SS concentration
Judicial system of China (2,495 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The judicial branch, organized under the constitution and organic law, is one of five organs of state power elected by the National People's Congress (NPC)
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (2,743 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
coast; this may have motivated the choice of the town's location, as the penal authorities wanted to prevent the escape of prisoners from the Prison of
Deviant sexual intercourse (398 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sexual intercourse has been popularized since its usage in the U.S. Model Penal Code. The MPC defines, "Deviate sexual intercourse" means sexual intercourse
Ward Hermans (382 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Platoon, a Belgian penal military unit located in Orne, Normandy, France in July 1918, where he worked as a woodchopper as a form of penal labour. After the
Australian Corrections Medal (220 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Australian Corrections Medal (ACM) is a civil decoration awarded to Australian correctional service members for distinguished service. The ACM was
First Fleet (8,631 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
over 250 days to eventually arrive in Botany Bay, New South Wales, where a penal colony would become the first British settlement in Australia from 20 January
Deanery (703 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penitential Positive law Rescript Parish register Ecclesiastical Latin Penal law Canon 1324 Canon 1397 §2 Censure (Catholic canon law) De delictis gravioribus
Duty to rescue (4,678 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
legislation on "abandonment of persons", Articles 106–108 of the Argentine Penal Code, which includes the provision in Article 106 that "a person who endangers
Crime scene getaway (1,842 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
eyewitnesses or law enforcement. The crime scene getaway is the subject of several penal laws. If motor vehicles are used for the getaway, then each vehicle is a
Code pénal (France) (1,487 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
The Code pénal is the codification of French criminal law (droit pénal). It took effect March 1, 1994 and replaced the French Penal Code of 1810, which
William Westwood (bushranger) (2,585 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
in prison for highway robbery before his transportation at age 16 to the penal colony of New South Wales on a conviction of stealing a coat. He arrived
2002 Swiss referendums (227 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
proposal was rejected. The next two were held on 2 June on amending the penal code regarding abortion, which was approved, and a popular initiative "for
Delhi Queer Pride Parade (1,910 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
become a strong movement that primarily addressed Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which has since been repealed. The Delhi Queer Pride has maintained
Parole (4,838 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of parole when, in 1840, he was appointed superintendent of the British penal colonies in Norfolk Island, Australia. He developed a plan to prepare them
Counterfeit money (5,410 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Wayback Machine (in Portuguese) Article 252 of Penal Code Archived 2016-09-13 at the Wayback Machine Dutch penal code title X Philippine Republic Act No. 9105
Capital punishment in Romania (2,338 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the ruling princes maintained the death penalty: it is mentioned in the Penal Codes both of Wallachia's Barbu Dimitrie Știrbei and of Moldavia's Grigore
Crime in the Soviet Union (829 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
prosecutor Andrey Vyshinsky who introduced a number of measures into the penal code and investigatory practice that were unusual in other legal systems
Abortion in Israel (1,732 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
became legal, subject to a termination committee's approval, under the penal code of 1977. Prior to 2014, approval for an abortion in Israel by a termination
LGBT rights in Jordan (1,611 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Code Ordinance (No. 74 of 1936) until 1951 when Jordan drafted its own penal code which did not criminalise homosexuality, after having gained independence
SilverHawks (4,161 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penal planet. Cell Guard #2 is an unnamed one-wheeled robot that works for Warden Lockup as a prison officer and controls the corridors of the Penal planet
Dishu system (910 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
wife would be considered to be bigamous and would be liable to one year of penal labor. The woman involved would also receive a slightly less severe punishment
Capital punishment in Jersey (419 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The island country of Jersey is a state in which capital punishment has been abolished. Until the 19th century, hangings were carried out on Westmount
Ward Hermans (382 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Platoon, a Belgian penal military unit located in Orne, Normandy, France in July 1918, where he worked as a woodchopper as a form of penal labour. After the
Law of Nigeria (2,538 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
applies to the southern states of Nigeria. The Nigerian Penal Code, also known as the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria, is currently chapter 89 of the
SilverHawks (4,161 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penal planet. Cell Guard #2 is an unnamed one-wheeled robot that works for Warden Lockup as a prison officer and controls the corridors of the Penal planet
Miracle Village (2,104 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Miracle Village (officially City of Refuge since 2014) is a community on Muck City Road, about three miles (4.8 km) east of Pahokee, Florida, that serves
Strafkompanie (179 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Strafkompanie ("Punitive Unit") is the German word for the penal work division in the Nazi concentration camps. SK was the abbreviation used in the concentration
Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (9,277 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
1997 (a consolidation act) or the Criminal Law Act 1997 (which abolished penal servitude and the felony–misdemeanour distinction). See the Criminal Justice
Dishu system (910 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
wife would be considered to be bigamous and would be liable to one year of penal labor. The woman involved would also receive a slightly less severe punishment
Australian Corrections Medal (220 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Australian Corrections Medal (ACM) is a civil decoration awarded to Australian correctional service members for distinguished service. The ACM was
Female factory (319 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
prisons and workhouses. They were for women convicts transported to the penal colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. An estimated 9,000 convict
Australasian Anti-Transportation League (510 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Australasian Anti-Transportation League was a body established to oppose penal transportation to Australia. Beginning in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in
Religion in Brunei (322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
involved materials are subject to confiscation, based on the 2014 Shariah Penal Code Ordinance. The state madh'hab of Islam is the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence
Pulau Senang (575 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
history of Singapore as the location of a former experimental offshore penal settlement that failed after only three years when an infamous riot against
Communism and LGBT rights (11,537 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Scientific-Humanitarian Committee to overturn Paragraph 175 from the German penal code. The bill brought before the Reichstag in 1898 was supported only by
Protestant Ascendancy (3,513 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and formalized in the legal system after 1691 by the passing of various Penal Laws, which discriminated against the majority Irish Catholic population
Positio (304 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penitential Positive law Rescript Parish register Ecclesiastical Latin Penal law Canon 1324 Canon 1397 §2 Censure (Catholic canon law) De delictis gravioribus
Rape in Germany (4,293 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
definition of rape has changed over time from its original formulation in the penal code established in 1871, as extramarital intercourse with a woman by force
LGBT rights in Palau (764 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sexual activity has been legal in Palau since 23 July 2014, when the current Penal Code took effect, but households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible
Lantz v. Coleman (569 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Lantz v. Coleman is a Connecticut superior court case that addresses the constitutionality of forcibly feeding prison inmates on hunger strikes. The court
Deviant sexual intercourse (398 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sexual intercourse has been popularized since its usage in the U.S. Model Penal Code. The MPC defines, "Deviate sexual intercourse" means sexual intercourse
John Franklin (4,584 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Sir John Franklin KCH FRS FLS FRGS (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. After serving in wars against Napoleonic
Temporalities (226 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Penitential Positive law Rescript Parish register Ecclesiastical Latin Penal law Canon 1324 Canon 1397 §2 Censure (Catholic canon law) De delictis gravioribus
Foro Penal (1,896 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Foro Penal (transl. Penal Forum) is a Venezuelan human rights organization that provides legal assistance pro bono to people subject of arbitrary detentions
LGBT rights in Lebanon (4,325 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
by society. Various courts have ruled that Article 534 of the Lebanese Penal Code, which prohibits having sexual relations that "contradict the laws
Chortiatis massacre (1,330 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
water supply column outside Chortiatis village. Several hours later an Axis penal expedition into the area led to the destruction of the village and the parallel
Criminal Code of Finland (99 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Criminal Code of Finland (Finnish: rikoslaki, Swedish: strafflag) is the codification of the central legal source concerning criminal law in Finland
Disciplinary and Penal Code (2,882 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Disciplinary and Penal Code (German: Lagerordnung) was first written for Dachau concentration camp and became the uniform code at all SS concentration
Polygamy in Sierra Leone (229 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Polygamy is prohibited under Sierra Leone’s penal code. Polygamy is authorized in customary marriages (under customary laws, the indigenous law of the
National Probation Service (1,658 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Probation Service (formerly the National Probation Service) for England and Wales is a statutory criminal justice service, mainly responsible for the
Kurdistan Communities Union (3,918 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of an illegal organization under Article 314 of the Turkish Penal Code. Special heavy penal courts in various cities such as Izmir, Adana, Erzurum and
Prostitution in Spain (4,026 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ratified by Spain, and the Decree 168 of 24 January 1963 modified the Penal Code (Código Penal) according to the convention. In theory, this policy, in accordance
Periodic detention (417 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Periodic detention or weekend detention is a type of custodial sentence under which the offender is held in prison between Friday and Sunday evenings each
LGBT rights in Bhutan (3,253 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
population are changing. As amended in 2021, Section 213 of the Bhutan Penal Code states: A defendant shall be guilty of the offence of unnatural sex
Mary Wade (1,461 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
women on death row, including Mary Wade, had their sentences commuted to penal transportation to Australia. Wade spent 93 days in the Newgate Prison before
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Prostitution in Uganda is illegal according to Uganda's 1950 Penal Code, but is widespread despite this. Many turn to prostitution because of poverty
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to Chishan. From 2017 to 2019 his health deteriorated and he lost 30kg. Penal system in China Human rights in China Aspinwall, Nick. "Taiwan Warns Against
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pushed out of their lands when the English colonial government established a penal colony near there in 1824. Each group has its own language. A number of
Banished (TV series) (741 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
when Britain established a penal colony in Australia. Banished was not renewed for a second series. Set in the first penal colony founded by the British
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The Newgate Calendar, subtitled The Malefactors' Bloody Register, was a popular collection of moralising stories about sin, crime, and criminals who commit
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Dettmer v. Landon, 799 F.2d 929 (4th Cir. 1986), is a court case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that although
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October 2013, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah announced his intention to impose Penal Code from Sharia on the country's Muslims, which make up roughly two thirds
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by non-LGBT residents. Sodomy is a felony per Section 162 of the Kenyan Penal Code, punishable by 21 years' imprisonment, and any sexual practices (termed
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of Great Britain in February, March and April 1791, bound for the Sydney penal settlement, with more than 2,000 convicts aboard. The passengers comprised
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of California is defined by sections 187 through 191 of the California Penal Code. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported
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The Brazilian Penal Code defines an official or civil servant as follows: "Article 327 - ... those who, although temporarily or without pay, hold a position
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Penitential Positive law Rescript Parish register Ecclesiastical Latin Penal law Canon 1324 Canon 1397 §2 Censure (Catholic canon law) De delictis gravioribus
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from the fraudulent business schemes for which he is now serving a lengthy penal sentence in the USA. 19 teams took part in the inaugural knock-out tournament
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violence, duress, menace or threat of great bodily harm." The California Penal Code 286 still punishes for sodomy under the following circumstances: Act
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inferior and appeal courts and resolves disputes as to which lower court (penal, civil, administrative, military) has jurisdiction to hear a given case
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by young minors are not longer judged under the regular Penal Code but under the Youth Penal Code, which applies to minors between the ages of 12 and