Criminal Justice

28 Apr 2013

It's time Hong Kong placed criminal liability for work-site deaths squarely on the shoulders of individuals, justice officials say.

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Give elderly offenders a chance

31 Mar 2013

The Civic Exchange think tank reported last month that far more elderly people are getting into trouble with the police. Between 1991 and 2011, there was a sixfold increase in arrests of women...

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Top prosecutor Kevin Zervos calls for leniency for first-time offenders

24 Dec 2012

The city's top prosecutor has called for "compassionate treatment" of first-time offenders guilty of minor crimes, saying it could be an effective way of discouraging them from getting on the...

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HK should consider restorative justice

18 Sep 2012

"An eye for an eye," said Mahatma Gandhi, "makes the whole world blind." Although some people see responses to crime solely in terms of punishment, this is changing.

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Citizens are still a long way from enjoying true justice

5 Jan 2012

With only meagre improvements in the second draft of amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law, it appears the mainland's criminal justice system is still a long way from placing citizens' rights...

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Happy returns?

22 Jun 2011

On July 1, the Chinese Communist Party's 90th birthday, many will celebrate its extraordinary economic achievements, and the political and military power they sustain. Even human rights critics...

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Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

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Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Meeting point

The youth of a nation,' said Benjamin Disraeli, 'are the trustees of posterity', and the sentencing of young people who commit criminal offences poses a particular challenge for the courts.

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Not a pretty picture

How the government of one-fifth of humanity punishes its own people continues to attract worldwide attention. Many foreign media reports concern human rights activists victimised by the mainland's...

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Push for witness screens in sex cases

The memories of fear and dozens of sleepless nights that Bobo, the victime of a rape, experienced before she gave evidence in court against her assailant still trouble her several years on.

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Nancy Kissel launches bid to fight murder conviction

Defence will challenge judge's summing up at trial

The long-anticipated bid by Nancy Kissel for the right to appeal against her conviction three years ago for murdering her high-...

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Highest court may return home

Hong Kong's most senior judges will return to the home of the city's former highest court if a proposal for the Court of Final Appeal to move into the current Legislative Council building is...

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liberal studies

Word power

Match the following words with their meanings below.

1 spike

2 covert

3 discerning

4 gory

5 vehement...

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