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1. Eight critical errors identified

   Posted Sep 21st 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... of Justice, meaning it could not get involved. 3 Mendoza's brother Gregorio shouldn't have joined the negotiating team that presented the offer of a case review to Mendoza; and he ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/725360/eight-critical-errors-identified
2. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Recruiting overseas judges the right thing to do for now

   Posted May 08th 2013, 12:00am by Frank Ching

   ... and will be replaced by another British-trained jurist, Joseph Fok. Fortunately, China was pragmatic when it enacted the Basic Law. That document stipulates that only the chief justice of the Court of Final ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1232435/recruiting-overseas-judges-right-thing-do-now
3. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   HK should consider restorative justice

   Posted Sep 18th 2012, 12:00am by GRENVILLE CROSS

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Criminal Justice Restorative justice Young offenders Grenville Cross Grenville Cross says requiring them ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1039226/hk-should-consider-restorative-justice
4. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Leniency appropriate only for some crimes and for some offenders

   Posted Dec 30th 2012, 12:00am by STAFF

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Justice Leniency Crime Punishment SCMP Editorial Giving criminals the punishment they deserve is a fundamental principle of the administration of justice. To most people, it means putting the accused in the dock, giving him or her a fair trial and passing the appropriate sentence. But punishment is only a means to an end. There is more to justice ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1115365/leniency-appropriate-only-some-crimes-and-some-offenders
5. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Give elderly offenders a chance

   Posted Mar 31st 2013, 12:00am by GRENVILLE CROSS

   ... of women over the age of 60, and a threefold increase in arrests of men of that age. This situation is alarming, and the criminal justice system must decide how best to respond. Louisa Mitchell, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1203414/give-elderly-offenders-chance
6. News - Hong Kong - COURTS

   Hong Kong's rule of law in safe hands, says judge

   Posted Mar 15th 2013, 12:00am by Patsy Moy

   ... Justice Michael Hartmann did not specify which cynics as he highlighted the judiciary's critical role in Hong Kong's post-1997 prosperity. Now a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1190845/hong-kongs-rule-law-safe-hands-says-judge
7. Business - Comment - LAI SEE

   Weakening of watchdogs may be no accident

   Posted Oct 05th 2012, 12:00am by Howard Winn

   ... of Justice Prosecutions Howard Winn Our recent reflections on the "hollowing out" of the prosecutions division in the Department of Justice have drawn comments from some of our readers. We had called attention to the shortage of senior prosecutors and the problem ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1054059/weakening-watchdogs-may-be-no-accident
8. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   China must stop extracting confessions through use of torture

   Posted May 06th 2013, 12:00am by ZHOU ZUNYOU

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Justice Wrongful imprisonment Torture Confessions Abuse of power Zhou Zunyou Zhou Zunyou says the case of an uncle and nephew who served 10 years for a crime they did not commit only adds to China's disgracefully long list of wrongful convictions through use of torture The provincial court of Zhejiang recently reversed its 2004 verdict ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1230704/china-must-stop-extracting-confessions-through-use-torture
9. News - China

   China's top judge Zhou Qiang urges increased role for defence lawyers

   Posted Apr 29th 2013, 09:18pm by Chris Luo

   ... according to the South Metropolis Daily . Several scholars also agreed at the meeting that the credibility of the judiciary system had been severely damaged by major miscarriages of justice over ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1226148/chinas-top-judge-zhou-qiang-urges-increased-role-defence-lawyers
10. News - Hong Kong - CONTROVERSY

    Hong Kong Freemasons angered by cash controversy 'cover-up'

    Posted Apr 28th 2013, 12:00am by JOANNA CHIU

    ... If there was evidence of a crime they should be professionally sworn to bring it to justice. I'm very unhappy about the way this was handled." Zetland Hall's former general manager, who resigned ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1224950/hong-kong-freemasons-angered-cash-controversy-cover

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