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Penal
Selasa, 2025-11-25 21:51:50

Penal is a town in south Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago. It lies south of San Fernando, Princes Town, and Debe, and north of Moruga, Morne Diablo and Siparia...

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Penal labour
Senin, 2026-04-27 21:08:38

Penal labour or prison labour is a term for various kinds of forced labour that prisoners are required to perform, typically manual labour. The work may...

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Indian Penal Code
Minggu, 2026-04-26 23:54:49

The Indian Penal Code (IPC), was the official criminal code of the Republic of India, inherited from British India after independence. It remained in...

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Penal colony
Kamis, 2026-05-07 11:47:16

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...

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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Senin, 2026-05-25 15:33:49

passed by the Parliament in December 2023, replacing the colonial-era Indian Penal Code of 1860 (IPC). On 11 August 2023, Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs...

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Penal substitution
Senin, 2026-05-11 02:14:28

Penal substitution, also called penal substitutionary atonement and especially in older writings forensic theory, is a theory of the atonement within...

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Turkish Penal Code
Senin, 2025-07-28 02:46:03

Turkish Penal Code (Turkish: Türk Ceza Kanunu) is the codification of Turkish criminal law. It took effect on 1 June 2005 and replaced the Turkish Penal Code...

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Penal Code of Portugal
Kamis, 2025-10-09 09:29:31

The current Penal Code of Portugal (Portuguese: Código Penal Português) was promulgated in 1982 and came into force on 1 January 1983 after the adoption...

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Danish Penal Code
Sabtu, 2025-11-22 09:53:45

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...

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Penal transportation
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 15:45:17

Penal transportation (or simply transportation) was the relocation of convicted criminals, or other persons regarded as undesirable, to a distant place...

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Penal treadmill
Senin, 2026-01-12 01:49:15

A penal treadmill (penal treadwheel or everlasting staircase) was a treadwheel or treadmill with steps set into two cast iron wheels. These drove a shaft...

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Texas Penal Code
Sabtu, 2023-11-04 00:01:49

Revised Penal Code, in large part based on the American Law Institute's Model Penal Code. The first codification of Texas criminal law was the Texas Penal Code...

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Penal military unit
Selasa, 2026-04-07 02:51:04

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...

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Revised Penal Code
Kamis, 2025-12-04 15:04:24

The Revised Penal Code contains the general penal laws of the Philippines. First enacted in 1930, it remains in effect today, despite several amendments...

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Penal law (British)
Sabtu, 2026-03-28 05:09:09

In English history, the penal laws were a series of laws that sought to enforce the State-decreed religious monopoly of the Church of England and, following...

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Penal Code of Japan
Jumat, 2026-02-20 22:13:54

The Penal Code (刑法, Keihō) is a Japanese law that sets out general provisions concerning crimes, as well as the elements and punishments for the various...

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Model Penal Code
Minggu, 2025-05-25 05:55:34

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...

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Article 58
Sabtu, 2026-03-21 12:08:43

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...

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Sentenced to Be a Hero
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 06:50:59

Sentenced to Be a Hero: The Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004 (Japanese: 勇者刑に処す 懲罰勇者9004隊刑務記録, Hepburn: Yūsha-kei ni Shosu: Chōbatsu Yūsha Kyūmarumaruyon-tai...

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The Penal Colony
Sabtu, 2019-04-13 01:30:24

The Penal Colony may refer to: The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces, a collection of short stories and recollections by Franz Kafka The Penal Colony...

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Penal Code of Romania
Kamis, 2025-11-27 23:59:57

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...

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In the Penal Colony
Kamis, 2026-06-04 06:01:13

"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...

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Polish Penal Code
Rabu, 2026-05-20 13:58:33

three penal codes: in 1932; in 1969, during the era; and in 1997. The last of those has been amended 101 times. The Penal Code, with the Penal Procedure...

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Prison
Jumat, 2026-06-05 11:11:38

role in the overall social system. The book analyzed changes in Western penal systems during the modern age based on historical documents from France...

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Ross Island Penal Colony
Sabtu, 2026-05-09 06:51:49

Ross Island Penal Colony was a convict settlement that was established in 1858 in the remote Andaman Islands by the British colonial government in India...

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Penal–Debe
Minggu, 2025-10-19 09:47:08

Penal–Debe region is a region of Trinidad. The local government body is Penal–Debe Regional Corporation, a Regional Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago...

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Pakistan Penal Code
Jumat, 2026-05-08 00:23:06

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...

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Norwegian Penal Code
Senin, 2026-05-25 00:49:05

The Norwegian Penal Code, also known as the Norwegian Criminal Code (Norwegian: Straffeloven) is a Norwegian law that was sanctioned on 20 May 2005 and...

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Penal law (disambiguation)
Selasa, 2025-04-08 10:18:12

Look up penal law in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Penal law refers to criminal law. It may also refer to: Penal law (British), laws to uphold the...

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Egyptian penal code
Sabtu, 2025-12-27 02:47:04

The Egyptian Penal Code (Arabic: قانون العقوبات المصري) is the governing body which determines the provisions related to criminal law, criminal acts,...

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Devil's Island
Selasa, 2026-04-07 04:29:50

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...

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Penal (disambiguation)
Rabu, 2026-04-01 02:05:38

Look up penal or Penal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Penal is a town in Trinidad and Tobago Penal may also refer to: Penal colony Penal system,...

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Criminal code
Selasa, 2025-12-02 16:09:27

Indonesian Penal Code Israeli Penal Law [he] Iranian Criminal Code Iraqi Penal Code Italian Penal Code [it] Penal Code of Japan Kenya Penal Code Penal Code...

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2023 Indonesian Penal Code
Selasa, 2026-04-07 09:48:30

The Penal Code Act 2023, also known as the 2023 Indonesian Penal Code or 2023 Indonesian Criminal Code and often referred to as the New Penal Code (Indonesian:...

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Penal Code of Bangladesh
Kamis, 2026-05-07 14:01:49

The Penal Code of Bangladesh, formally titled the Penal Code, 1860, is the general criminal law of the country. It is based on the Indian Penal Code,...

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Penal Code of Brazil
Rabu, 2025-10-15 18:00:28

The current Penal Code of Brazil (Portuguese: Código Penal brasileiro) was promulgated in 1940, during the Estado Novo regime, and has been in effect since...

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Davao Prison and Penal Farm
Senin, 2026-03-23 20:55:45

Davao Prison and Penal Farm, formerly the Davao Penal Colony (DaPeCol), is a medium security prison located in Carmen, Davao del Norte, Philippines. It...

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Penal populism
Minggu, 2026-02-15 00:43:21

Penal populism is populism related to criminal justice. It tends to manifest in the run up to elections when political parties put forward hard-line policies...

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Penal laws (Ireland)
Senin, 2026-05-25 18:31:11

In Ireland, the penal laws (Irish: Na Péindlíthe) were a series of legal disabilities imposed in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries on the...

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Penal Code (Singapore)
Sabtu, 2025-09-27 18:21:07

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...

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International Criminal Court
Minggu, 2026-05-31 13:56:02

الدولية Chinese: 国际刑事法院 Russian: Международный уголовный суд Spanish: Corte Penal Internacional Official logo   State parties to the International Criminal...

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Foro Penal
Senin, 2026-04-13 03:33:32

Foro Penal (transl. Penal Forum) is a Venezuelan human rights organization that provides legal assistance pro bono to people subject of arbitrary detentions...

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French Penal Code of 1791
Kamis, 2026-01-15 06:05:14

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...

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Indian Penal Law
Selasa, 2026-06-02 02:41:48

Indian Penal Law, also marketed as IPL, is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Karunanithi. The film is produced...

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Black Dolphin Prison
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 08:06:18

Federal Governmental Institution - Penal Colony No. 6 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in Orenburg Oblast, commonly known as the Black Dolphin...

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French criminal code
Senin, 2026-05-25 11:36:15

(French: Code pénal français) is the codification of French criminal law (droit pénal). It took effect on 1 March 1994 and replaced the French Penal Code of...

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Bagne (penal establishment)
Rabu, 2026-03-25 19:52:13

a term used to describe a penal establishment where forced labor was enforced. These establishments were typically in penal colonies or galleys where...

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California Penal Code
Selasa, 2026-03-10 07:32:28

The Penal Code of California forms the basis for the application of most criminal law, criminal procedure, penal institutions, and the execution of sentences...

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Macquarie Harbour Penal Station
Jumat, 2026-05-01 18:10:13

Macquarie Harbour Penal Station, a former British colonial penal settlement, established on Sarah Island, Macquarie Harbour, in the former Penal colony of Van...

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Strafgesetzbuch
Selasa, 2026-05-26 08:27:13

[ˈʃtʁaːfɡəˌzɛtsbuːx] , lit. 'penal law book'), abbreviated to StGB, is the German penal code. In Germany the Strafgesetzbuch goes back to the Penal Code of the German...

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Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm
Kamis, 2026-04-30 07:22:28

Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines is one of seven operating units of the Bureau of Corrections under the Department...

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French Penal Code of 1810
Jumat, 2025-12-05 10:57:00

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...

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Age of consent by country
Selasa, 2026-06-09 02:13:48

Offences Act 2003 s. 9". Opsi.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2012. "French Penal Code, Article 227-25". legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 5 March 2016. "New...

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Penal facility
Sabtu, 2024-06-15 05:54:56

Penal facility in various countries may refer to: Prison and various synonyms and euphemisms: jail, penitentiary, correctional facility, etc. Penal colony...

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Penal Code (Malaysia)
Senin, 2026-03-30 20:15:22

The Penal Code (Malay: Kanun Keseksaan lit. 'Canon of Punishment') is the primary law that codifies most criminal offences and procedures in Malaysia...

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Mettray Penal Colony
Senin, 2025-10-20 19:21:21

Mettray Penal Colony, situated in the small village of Mettray, in the French département of Indre-et-Loire, just north of the city of Tours, was a private...

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Penal Reform International
Minggu, 2025-09-28 10:42:39

Penal Reform International (commonly known as PRI), founded in London in 1989, is an international nongovernmental organization working on penal and criminal...

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Penal Code (South Korea)
Jumat, 2026-06-05 18:08:17

The Penal Code or Criminal Act (형법) is the criminal code in South Korea. The Code came into force on 3 October 1953, replacing the Penal Code of Japan...

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Abortion law
Minggu, 2026-05-03 13:57:13

Penal da Guiné-Bissau" [Penal Code of Guinea-Bissau] (in Portuguese). Judiciary Police of Guinea-Bissau. 20 May 2019. Article 112. Portuguese Penal Code...

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Penal damages
Kamis, 2023-04-06 10:22:53

Penal damages are liquidated damages which exceed reasonable compensatory damages, making them invalid under common law. While liquidated damage clauses...

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Ranbir Penal Code
Senin, 2026-05-25 17:28:32

State Ranbir Penal Code or RPC was the main criminal code applicable in the erstwhile Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Penal Code, applicable...

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Penal bond
Jumat, 2025-11-21 09:05:43

A penal bond is a written instrument executed between an obligor and an obligee designed to secure the performance of a legal obligation through the in...

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Iraqi Penal Code
Rabu, 2025-05-28 06:14:24

The Iraqi Penal Code is the statutory law of Iraq. The 1969 Penal Code serves as the basis for current Iraq law. The original Arabic-language version...

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Criminal law
Selasa, 2026-06-09 02:11:15

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – Penal code of the Republic of India Irish criminal law Northern Irish criminal law Penal Code of Romania – Romanian criminal...

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Penally
Senin, 2026-05-18 04:59:31

Penally (Welsh: Penalun) is a coastal village, parish and community 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Tenby in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The village is known for...

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Italian law codes
Kamis, 2026-01-29 23:06:04

The Italian law codes constitute the codified law of Italy. They include a civil code and its related procedure code, a criminal code and its related procedure...

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Penal system of Japan
Kamis, 2026-04-09 23:46:02

The penal system of Japan (including prisons) is part of the criminal justice system of Japan. It is intended to resocialize, reform, rehabilitate and...

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Penology
Jumat, 2025-04-25 10:26:59

Penology (also penal theory) is a subfield of criminology that deals with the philosophy and practice of various societies in their attempts to repress...

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Irish penal rosary
Rabu, 2025-03-26 11:50:18

The Irish penal rosary (Irish: An Paidrín Beag) was a single-decade rosary used during penal times in Ireland, when Roman Catholicism and its religious...

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Penal Code of Argentina
Minggu, 2025-10-05 17:52:56

The Argentine Penal Code is the law that governs crimes and its sanction in the Argentine Republic. Hispanic period Before and after 1810, until the initiation...

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Prison farm
Selasa, 2025-12-16 05:01:55

A prison farm (also known as a penal farm) is a large correctional facility where penal labor convicts work — legally or illegally — on a farm (in the...

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FKU IK-3, Kharp
Rabu, 2025-11-26 12:33:32

Sergius of Radonezh was opened, built by convicts. In 1998, reform of the penal system began, and responsibility for the institution moved from the Ministry...

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Unjust vexation
Kamis, 2026-02-05 10:30:19

Unjust vexation is a criminal offense under the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines. It is a form of "light coercion" involving an act by a person which...

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The Penal Colony (film)
Kamis, 2026-05-28 05:42:36

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...

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David Gordon Scott
Rabu, 2026-06-03 12:00:31

hues of penal abolitionism". The Routledge International Handbook of Penal Abolition. doi:10.4324/9780429425035-1. S2CID 242128479. "Could Penal Abolitionism...

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Corrective labor colony
Kamis, 2025-10-02 01:20:53

penal detention with compulsory work (penal labor). The system of labor colonies and camps originated in 1929, and after 1953, the corrective penal colonies...

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Penal Code of Macau
Jumat, 2024-11-01 22:34:39

The current Penal Code of Macau (Portuguese: Código Penal de Macau) was promulgated in 1995, by Decree-Law no. 58/95/M, after the creation of the High...

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Russian penal military units during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Rabu, 2026-05-13 02:37:11

have to serve until the end of the conflict. Prisons in Russia Ukrainian penal military units during the Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian irregular...

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Disciplinary sanctions and punishment in penal facilities
Sabtu, 2024-06-29 00:41:46

sanctions and punishment in penal facilities are punishments for violation of discipline in penal facilities, typically delivered by penal facility officials....

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Legality of incest
Kamis, 2026-06-04 22:27:58

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...

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Penal Code of Sri Lanka
Selasa, 2025-07-01 13:37:37

Penal Code (Ordinance No. 2 of 1883) enacts the Criminal and Penal law of Sri Lanka. The Act/Law was adopted in 1883. There were two amendments carried...

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Moreton Bay Penal Settlement
Minggu, 2026-03-08 04:44:39

The Moreton Bay Penal Settlement operated from 1824 to 1842. It became the city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Moreton Bay Penal Settlement was...

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Disciplinary and Penal Code
Rabu, 2026-04-15 00:44:51

The Disciplinary and Penal Code (German: Lagerordnung), also known as the Punishment Catalogue (Strafkatalog), was a set of regulations governing prisoners...

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Section 377
Jumat, 2026-05-29 17:38:47

Section 377 is a British colonial Penal Code provision that criminalized all sexual acts "against the order of nature". The law was used to prosecute...

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Life imprisonment in Norway
Sabtu, 2026-04-25 11:12:46

law is restricted to the military penal code (e.g. for aiding the enemy during a time of war). In the civilian penal code, a law passed in 2002 allows...

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Convicts in Australia
Minggu, 2026-06-07 20:37:49

1788 and 1868 the British penal system transported about 162,000 convicts from Great Britain and Ireland to various penal colonies in Australia. The...

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Penal notice
Senin, 2025-07-07 06:03:08

In civil procedure a penal notice is a warning endorsed on a court order, which notifies the recipient is liable to committal to prison or to pay a fine...

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Islamic Penal Code of Iran
Jumat, 2026-01-30 14:12:34

The Islamic Penal Code of Iran is the codified national criminal law of Iran. The current Islamic Penal Code was enacted in 2012 and entered into force...

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Marital rape laws by country
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 20:18:08

(1995, as amended 2015.) Algeria Code Penal (2009) (in French) Andorra Code Pénal (2005) (in French) Angola Código Penal (in Portuguese) Antigua and Barbuda:...

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Swiss Criminal Code
Sabtu, 2026-04-04 00:36:53

Strafgesetzbuch (StGB), French: Code pénal suisse (CP), Italian: Codice penale svizzero (CP), Romansh: Cudesch penal svizzer) is a portion of the third...

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Penal exception clause
Rabu, 2026-05-27 06:27:23

labor could be used to pay recompense to their victims and to society. Penal "hard labor" has ancient origins, and was adopted early in American history...

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Age of consent in Europe
Kamis, 2026-05-14 00:06:12

Austria is 14, as specified by § 206 of the penal code. (The term unmündig is specified in § 74 of the penal code.) § 206 (4) defines a close-in-age exception...

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Legality of child pornography
Minggu, 2026-05-31 22:57:13

2006 modifiant et complétant le Décret du 30 janvier 1940 portant Code pénal congolais". www.leganet.cd. "2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices:...

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Alexander Maconochie (penal reformer)
Minggu, 2026-05-10 01:31:32

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...

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Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland
Jumat, 2026-03-27 20:10:11

Bundesstrafgericht; French: Tribunal pénal féderal; Italian: Tribunale penale federale; Romansh: Tribunal penal federal) is a Swiss federal court. Since...

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Penal harm
Senin, 2026-06-08 17:50:11

Penal harm refers to a form of punishment that posits that inmates should endure additional pain and suffering beyond just having their basic rights taken...

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Incarceration in the United States
Senin, 2026-06-08 09:08:37

debtors, prisoners-of-war, and political prisoners, those bound in the penal transportation and slavery systems, and those accused but not tried for...

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Corrective colony No. 2, Mordovia
Senin, 2026-04-27 22:00:37

to penal colony in Russia's Mordovia region". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-11-19. Maynes, Charles (2022-11-17). "Russia sends Brittney Griner to a penal colony"...

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Kachanivska penal colony
Selasa, 2025-09-09 06:44:20

Kachanivska penal colony (Ukrainian: Качанівська жіноча колонія №54, translated: "Kachanivska female colony number 54"), is a minimum security prison...

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Section 377A (Singapore)
Senin, 2026-06-08 20:10:09

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...

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Zanardelli Code
Jumat, 2026-03-20 06:26:43

The Italian Penal Code of 1889 (Italian: Codice penale italiano del 1889), commonly known as the Zanardelli Code (Codice Zanardelli), was the criminal...

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Howard League for Penal Reform
Selasa, 2026-06-09 07:03:49

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...

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In the Penal Colony (opera)
Sabtu, 2026-02-07 17:05:00

‹ The template Infobox opera is being considered for merging. › In the Penal Colony is a chamber opera in one act and 16 scenes composed by Philip Glass...

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Khalid Azim
Jumat, 2026-05-01 21:19:16

abduction, and land grabbing offenses under various sections of the Indian Penal Code. He was one of the prime accused in the murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal...

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Australia
Selasa, 2026-06-09 06:45:14

century. British colonisation began in 1788 with the establishment of the penal colony of New South Wales. By the mid-19th century, most of the continent...

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Penal colony of New Caledonia
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 01:28:30

The penal colony of New Caledonia was a penitentiary establishment which was in operation from 1864 to 1924 on the southwest Pacific islands of New Caledonia...

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Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1
Senin, 2026-05-25 09:14:24

known as Maximum Security Penitentiary No. 1 "Almoloya de Juárez" (Spanish: Penal de Máxima Seguridad No. 1 Almoloya de Juárez). It was later renamed Federal...

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Wauwilermoos internment camp
Selasa, 2025-11-04 07:25:07

Wauwilermoos was an internment camp and prisoner-of-war penal camp in Switzerland during World War II. It was situated in the municipalities of Wauwil...

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Penal Servitude Act
Senin, 2026-03-23 20:29:42

Penal Servitude Act is a stock short title which was used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to penal servitude. The abolition of penal servitude...

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Gorgona Agricultural Penal Colony
Minggu, 2026-02-08 11:20:32

The Gorgona Agricultural Penal Colony is an Italian prison farm located on the island of Gorgona in the Tuscan Archipelago. The island has a long history...

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Age of consent in Africa
Senin, 2026-05-25 10:05:28

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...

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Indonesian Penal Code
Senin, 2026-05-25 16:30:27

Indonesian Penal Code (Dutch: Wetboek van Strafrecht, WvS), commonly known in Indonesian as Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana (lit. 'Law Book of Penal Code'...

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Storm-Z
Kamis, 2026-05-28 05:35:03

Storm-Z (Russian: Шторм-Z, romanized: Shtorm-Z) is a series of penal military units established by Russia by 6 April 2023, at the latest. On 24 June 2023...

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Penal labor in the United States
Minggu, 2026-04-05 00:02:30

Penal labor in the United States is the practice of using incarcerated individuals to perform various types of work, either for government-run or private...

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Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales
Selasa, 2026-03-03 15:24:58

criminelles et pénales ("Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions"), or DPCP, is a public body which authorizes and directs criminal and penal prosecutions...

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The Penal Code
Sabtu, 2026-02-21 01:57:59

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...

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Myanmar Penal Code
Minggu, 2025-07-06 07:37:16

The Penal Code of Myanmar is the official criminal code of Myanmar. The code was enacted on 1 May 1861 during British rule in Burma and is divided into...

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Philippine criminal law
Rabu, 2026-01-07 16:58:30

Spanish Código Penal was made applicable and extended to the Philippines by Royal Decree of 1870. This was replaced with the old Penal Code which was...

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Punishment in Laos
Senin, 2025-09-15 20:28:14

This page is about the Laotian Penal System. In 2002, it was reported that the normal function of a defence lawyer in a Laotian court was to argue mitigating...

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Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 15:07:30

Article 301 is a lèse-majesté law of the Turkish Penal Code making it illegal to insult Turkey, the Turkish nation, the Turkish government institutions...

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Texas abortion statutes (1961)
Kamis, 2024-02-29 19:45:18

Articles 1191-1194 and 1196 of the Texas Penal Code were the portions of the 1961 Texas Penal Code that were challenged and held to be unconstitutional...

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Age of consent in the United States
Jumat, 2026-05-29 03:00:14

criminal history. (CA Penal Code § 261.5 (d)) There are also civil sanctions possible for a violation stated above. (CA Penal Code § 261.5 (e)) There...

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Flagellation
Kamis, 2026-06-04 19:46:26

Rights Practices Report for 2021 states that flogging under the UAE federal penal code was abolished, but is still imposed under the UAE's separate sharia...

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Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code
Selasa, 2025-04-15 22:47:43

In India, Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (before its repeal by introduction of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) dealt with Cheating and dishonestly...

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Order No. 227
Jumat, 2026-03-27 21:05:42

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...

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Preventive Penal Law Against Communism
Rabu, 2025-06-04 10:30:26

The Preventive Penal Law Against Communism (Spanish: Ley Preventiva Penal Contra el Comunismo) was a Guatemalan decree passed by the military junta of...

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Trial for the 2022–2023 Brazilian coup plot
Selasa, 2026-05-19 07:13:43

2022–2023 coup plot in Brazil (officially AP 2668, Portuguese: Ação Penal 2668, lit. 'Penal Action 2668') is a criminal case of the Supreme Federal Court of...

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At His Majesty's pleasure
Selasa, 2026-05-26 20:15:54

pleasure (or the Queen's pleasure), is a term of art in public law and in penal law. In public law, it refers to the indeterminate or undetermined length...

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Sodomy law
Rabu, 2026-05-13 02:10:24

the crime of sodomy. In France, the Penal Code of 1791 decriminalized sodomy; this was followed by the Napoleon Penal Code in 1810, which decriminalized...

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187 (slang)
Selasa, 2026-03-10 23:00:32

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...

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Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code
Rabu, 2025-12-17 14:40:34

Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for obscene acts or words in public. The other section of Indian Penal code which deal with obscenity...

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Traditional Chinese law
Minggu, 2026-03-08 03:59:44

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...

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Deviant sexual intercourse
Jumat, 2026-04-17 03:42:55

sexual intercourse has been popularized since its usage in the U.S. Model Penal Code. The MPC defines, "Deviate sexual intercourse" means sexual intercourse...

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Penal Procedure Code of Romania
Kamis, 2024-11-07 04:16:17

The Penal Procedure Code of Romania (Romanian: Codul de procedură penală al României) is the basic document governing criminal procedure in Romania. The...

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Penal system in China
Senin, 2026-05-18 05:27:05

The penal system in the People's Republic of China is composed of an administrative detention system and a judicial incarceration system. As of 2020,...

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Title 18 of the United States Code
Selasa, 2026-05-12 22:08:28

referred to by names such as Penal Code, Criminal Code, or Crimes Code. Typical of state criminal codes is the California Penal Code. Many U.S. state criminal...

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Mississippi State Penitentiary
Minggu, 2026-05-31 09:10:43

Mississippi Delta. As time passed, the state began to consolidate most penal operations in Parchman, making other camps hold minor support roles. In...

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Cold Creek Correctional Facility
Jumat, 2025-08-01 11:22:43

Cold Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF) was a Tennessee Department of Correction prison located in unincorporated Lauderdale County, Tennessee, near Henning...

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Article 490
Senin, 2024-11-04 04:50:55

Article 490 of the Moroccan Penal Code (Arabic: الفصل 490 من القانون الجنائي المغربي) criminalizes extramarital sexual relations in Morocco. The text...

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History of zoophilia
Jumat, 2026-05-15 11:10:04

Liechtenstein Penal Code Sweden Considering Ban On Beastiality Full Text of the Czechoslovak Penal Code of 1950 Codification of the Greek Penal Code Full...

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French criminal law
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 03:48:03

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...

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List of Australian penal colonies
Minggu, 2026-05-24 02:58:21

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...

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Criminal law of Singapore
Senin, 2025-11-24 02:15:23

statutory in nature and historically derives largely from the former Indian penal code. The general principles of criminal law, as well as the elements and...

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Penal colony of Clevelândia
Rabu, 2026-03-11 07:34:04

The penal colony of Clevelândia, located in the current district of Clevelândia do Norte, Amapá, functioned from 1924 to 1926 in the extreme north of...

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Murder in California law
Minggu, 2025-12-07 07:21:44

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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Osiris Luna Meza
Kamis, 2026-04-16 12:50:16

a Salvadoran politician who currently serves as the General Director of Penal Centers and the Vice Minister of Justice and Public Security. He previously...

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Penal Colony (band)
Minggu, 2025-10-19 08:04:19

Penal Colony were an electro-industrial outfit based in the Inland Empire section of Southern California, and fronted by Dee Madden. The original incarnation...

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Prison reform
Selasa, 2026-03-31 21:45:03

attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, improve the effectiveness of a penal system, reduce recidivism or implement alternatives to incarceration. It...

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Substitutionary atonement
Minggu, 2026-03-08 20:40:12

includes Anselm of Canterbury's satisfaction theory, the Reformed period's penal substitution theory, and the Governmental theory of atonement. Substitutionary...

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Savoy Penal Code
Minggu, 2026-01-11 14:18:44

Savoy Penal Code , sometimes described as the Codice Albertino (though that term is more commonly used only for the Savoy civil code), was the penal code...

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Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas
Kamis, 2025-11-20 23:57:52

The Scientific, Penal and Criminalistic Investigation Service Corps (Spanish: Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas, CICPC)...

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Corrective colony No. 2, Vladimir Oblast
Rabu, 2025-04-09 02:16:07

moved to a prison infirmary (specialising in treatment of tuberculosis) of penal colony IK-3, also in the Vladimir Region. Navalny's claims of alleged unlawful...

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Age of consent in South America
Senin, 2026-06-08 19:05:52

(Argentine Penal Code, Article 120). Charges can be brought only after a complaint by the minor, their parent or guardian – (Argentine Penal Code Article...

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International Association of Penal Law
Rabu, 2025-04-09 10:56:57

The International Association of Penal Law (AIDP) (French: L'Association Internationale de Droit Penal) was founded in Paris on March 14, 1924. It emerged...

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Age of criminal responsibility
Senin, 2026-05-25 16:43:55

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...

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LGBTQ rights in Singapore
Senin, 2026-05-18 20:02:14

2023, sexual activity between men was illegal under Section 377A of the Penal Code, while sexual activity between women was never illegal. In February...

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Marry-your-rapist law
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 07:03:28

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...

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Pornography laws by region
Minggu, 2026-06-07 02:00:20

ISBN 978-0-6398323-1-9. Retrieved 2024-03-28. "Penal Code of Ethiopia 1957 (Eritrean Transitional Penal Code)". Refworld. Retrieved 2024-04-14. This article...

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2022 Indonesian penal code protest
Jumat, 2026-01-02 05:32:11

In 2022, there were a series of penal code protests in Indonesia relating to a set of human rights laws in the old penal code that were repealed by the...

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United Arab Emirates
Senin, 2026-05-18 02:49:50

applicable penal codes". Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023. "Federal Law No (3) of 1987 on Issuance of the Penal Code". United...

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Legislation of Honduras
Sabtu, 2025-01-11 03:27:52

of Castile Penal code of Honduras of 1880 Penal code of Honduras of 1899 Penal code of Honduras of 1895 Penal code of Honduras of 1906 Penal code of Honduras...

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Penal Servitude (film)
Rabu, 2026-03-04 13:36:24

Penal Servitude (Russian: Каторга, romanized: Katorga) is a 1928 Soviet silent drama film directed by Yuli Raizman. Andrei Zhilinsky as Ilya Berts Pavel...

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Penal system of Panama
Selasa, 2025-05-13 17:06:54

also segregated in the penal system. The Department of Corrections was established in 1940 to administer the country's penal system for the Ministry...

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Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939 (shelved)
Sabtu, 2023-10-07 09:13:42

Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1939 (shelved) is an International Labour Organization Convention. It was established in 1939, with the...

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Article 365 of the Penal Code of Chile
Jumat, 2025-12-26 09:34:05

Article 365 of the Penal Code of Chile was an article of the Penal Code of Chile that criminalized sodomy between adults. It came into force in 1875 and...

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Surety
Sabtu, 2025-12-13 23:48:23

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...

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Roman Catholics Act 1844
Senin, 2026-04-13 22:43:23

Catholics Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 102), also known as the Roman Catholic Penal Acts Repeal Act 1844, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...

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Federal Penitentiary Service
Kamis, 2026-04-23 23:03:12

and juvenile offenders of various security levels, with the majority of penal facilities being corrective labor colonies. Its head office is located at...

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Article 272 of the Penal Code of Peru
Jumat, 2025-12-26 09:13:29

of the Penal Code of Peru was an 1863 article of the Penal Code of Peru that criminalized homosexuality in Peru. On July 27, 1924, a new Penal Code was...

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Defamation
Minggu, 2026-05-24 04:33:41

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)...

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Joseph Stalin
Selasa, 2026-06-09 00:32:14

Otto (1997). The Stalinist Penal System. McFarland. p. 58. ISBN 0-7864-0336-5. Pohl, J. Otto (1997). The Stalinist Penal System. McFarland. p. 148. ISBN 0-7864-0336-5...

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Capital punishment in India
Senin, 2026-05-18 20:39:18

crimes under the country's main substantive penal legislation, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (formerly Indian Penal Code), as well as other laws. Executions...

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Devil's Island (Kourou)
Kamis, 2025-11-13 02:54:42

part of a French penal colony located in French Guiana for 101 years, from 1852 to 1953. Although it was the smallest part of the penal colony, it is notorious...

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Kahoʻolawe
Jumat, 2026-06-05 23:42:40

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...

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Hari Singh Gour
Rabu, 2026-05-20 14:55:31

that time, the Indian Penal Code had come to be the law of the land, with its amendments and modifications. However, the Indian Penal Code retained very...

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Suicide legislation
Jumat, 2026-06-05 21:56:10

"Penal Code Sec. 125". Retrieved 2023-03-13. "Penal Code Sec. 305, 306 and 309". Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2023-03-29. "Penal Code Sec...

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Penal laws against the Welsh
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 19:40:46

The penal laws against the Welsh (Welsh: Deddfau Penyd) were a set of laws passed by the Parliament of England in 1401 and 1402 that discriminated against...

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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Senin, 2026-06-01 23:36:15

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR; French: Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda; Kinyarwanda: Urukiko Mpanabyaha Mpuzamahanga...

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Section 320 of the Indian Penal Code
Senin, 2025-05-12 16:53:59

v t e Indian Penal Code Chapters Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Chapter V Chapter VA Chapter VI Chapter VII Chapter VIII Chapter IX Chapter...

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Felony murder rule in California
Sabtu, 2025-09-20 08:19:38

version of the common law felony murder rule is codified in California Penal Code § 189. Since the enactment of Senate Bill 1437 on September 30, 2018...

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Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code
Rabu, 2025-12-17 14:09:02

The Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code was inserted into the Indian Penal Code 1860 by the Criminal Law amendment Act 1983 by the Parliament of India...

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Forced labour
Selasa, 2026-06-09 05:55:32

members of their families. Forced labour includes all forms of slavery, penal labour, and the corresponding institutions, such as debt slavery, serfdom...

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2026 political prisoner release in Venezuela
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 02:28:11

since its announcement, with over 500 remaining according to the NGO Foro Penal. The Rodríguez administration has published numbers but it has not given...

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Criminal Code (Spain)
Kamis, 2025-08-21 05:57:39

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...

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Port Arthur, Tasmania
Senin, 2025-12-15 07:44:26

Australian Convict Sites, a World Heritage property consisting of 11 remnant penal sites originally built within the British Empire during the 18th and 19th...

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Attempt
Rabu, 2025-07-23 05:31:52

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...

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Demographics of Vatican City
Senin, 2026-05-25 04:40:11

the Vatican's adapted penal code, categorically prohibit abortion without citing exceptions. However, article 49 of the penal code outlines the "principle...

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Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code
Jumat, 2025-08-01 05:18:28

Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code is a lèse-majesté law that deems it illegal to "Insult the President of Turkey". A person who is sentenced for a...

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Bloody Code
Senin, 2026-05-25 20:03:47

total number of capital crimes increased. As capital punishment declined, penal transportation with indentured servitude became a more common sentence....

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Criminal record in Switzerland
Minggu, 2026-01-11 21:56:54

In the law of Switzerland, the criminal record is governed by the Swiss Penal Code. The aim is, among other things, to ensure the conduct of criminal...

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Mens rea
Selasa, 2026-05-12 05:21:04

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...

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Papillon (2017 film)
Sabtu, 2026-05-23 20:43:45

("butterfly"), who was falsely imprisoned in 1933 in the notorious Devil's Island penal colony and escaped in 1941 with the help of another convict, counterfeiter...

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Law of Romania
Jumat, 2025-11-14 09:14:17

codes: the Civil Code (2011), the Civil Procedure Code (2013) and the Penal and Penal Procedure Codes (2014). The basic law of Romania is the Constitution...

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Justizanstalt
Selasa, 2026-02-17 20:41:18

is the term used in Austria for all prisons that fall under the judicial penal system. These facilities are subordinate to the Federal Ministry of Justice...

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Military justice in Switzerland
Sabtu, 2025-12-27 02:07:38

of 1393 established early principles governing military discipline and penal jurisdiction, establishing that the law of a soldier's place of origin applied...

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Hate speech laws by country
Senin, 2026-06-08 21:00:07

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...

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High courts of justice (Spain)
Senin, 2024-10-28 06:45:51

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...

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Felony murder rule
Rabu, 2026-05-27 06:13:27

terrorism, kidnapping, and carjacking. The American Law Institute's Model Penal Code does not include the felony murder rule, but allows the commission...

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Debe
Minggu, 2024-06-16 06:51:29

the region of Penal–Debe. Debe has grown from a small settlement into a key transit point which as has merged to some extent with Penal. A denomination...

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Manslaughter (United States law)
Senin, 2026-06-01 10:10:28

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...

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International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation
Kamis, 2026-05-07 03:57:42

The International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation (IPPF; French: Fondation internationale pénale et pénitentiaire, FIPP) is an international organisation...

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General Penal Code (Iceland)
Kamis, 2025-12-04 18:45:10

General Penal Code (Icelandic: Almenn hegningarlög) governs the criminal law in Iceland. The code is passed under Act no.19 and revised acts have been...

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Bureau of Corrections (Philippines)
Senin, 2026-06-01 14:52:19

Compound Medium Security Compound Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm in Occidental Mindoro Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan Leyte Regional...

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Andrew von Hirsch
Jumat, 2025-10-17 20:39:17

Hirsch, is a legal philosopher and penal theorist and the founding Director of the centre for Penal Theory and Penal Ethics at the Institute of Criminology...

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Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code
Selasa, 2025-07-01 10:23:55

Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code criminalised attempted suicide as well as suicide assistance. Section 309 stated: Whoever attempts to commit suicide...

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Protestantism in Ireland
Sabtu, 2025-11-15 04:08:20

various penal laws, Dissenters remained vocal advocates of those that targeted Catholics so kept their complaints to a courteous tone. Indeed, penal laws...

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Insult (legal)
Kamis, 2025-11-06 13:37:12

Burkinabe Penal Code (2018), Art. 524-6 par. 1 Burundian Penal Code (2017), Art. 265 Cameroonian Penal Code (2016), Art. 307 par. 1, 152 Chadian Penal Code...

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Syrian Penal Code
Rabu, 2026-02-11 18:58:23

The Syrian Penal Code (Arabic: قانون العقوبات السوري) is the criminal code of Syria. It was promulgated in 1949 and enacted on 22 June 1949. The criminal...

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Five Punishments
Rabu, 2026-03-18 05:31:48

Following the Sui and Tang dynasties (581–907 AD), these were changed to penal servitude, banishment, death, or corporal punishment in the form of whipping...

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Murder in Peruvian law
Selasa, 2024-07-16 08:30:39

Articles 108 through 108-C of the Penal Code of Peru [es] define crimes similar to those known as murder in Anglophone countries. The term asesinato ("murder")...

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Amos Yee
Senin, 2026-05-18 19:51:00

Singapore; the first charge was that his 2015 video violated Section 298 of the Penal Code for containing remarks that deliberately wounded religious feelings...

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Judicial system of Turkey
Jumat, 2026-06-05 19:38:54

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...

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Grievous bodily harm
Rabu, 2025-12-17 06:34:18

Penal servitude was abolished by the Criminal Justice Act 1948 and the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953. Accordingly, the phrase "penal servitude"...

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Satisfaction theory of atonement
Rabu, 2026-01-14 05:59:24

distinguished from penal substitution. Both are forms of satisfaction theory in that they speak of how Christ's death was satisfactory, but penal substitution...

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Abortion under Egyptian law
Minggu, 2026-04-26 20:33:47

life. The Egyptian legislature has dedicated a separate chapter in the Penal Code, Title III, titled "Abortion of Pregnant Women and the Manufacture...

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Abortion in Tanzania
Selasa, 2025-09-30 20:43:25

Tanzania except to preserve the life of the mother. Under the Tanzanian penal code, health practitioners who perform illegal abortions may receive sentences...

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2020 Irkutsk prison riot
Senin, 2026-01-12 02:33:31

prison riot in the IK-15 penal colony in the Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, on 9 April 2020. On 9 April 2020, prisoners at the IK-15 penal colony in Angarsk, Irkutsk...

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Blasphemy law in the United Arab Emirates
Sabtu, 2025-01-11 01:20:11

governed by article 312 of the United Arab Emirates Penal Code. According to Article 312 of the Penal code, the following offences if perpetrated publicly...

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Retributive justice
Selasa, 2026-05-05 11:22:02

portal Society portal Capital punishment Cycle of violence Eye for an eye Penal harm Proportionality (law) "Two wrongs make a right" Nozick, Robert (1981)...

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Surovikino penal colony hostage crisis
Rabu, 2026-06-03 13:14:06

August 2024, four prison inmates attacked the guards of the IK-19 Surovikino penal colony in Surovikino, in Volgograd Oblast of southern Russia and took hostages...

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Assassination of Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo
Jumat, 2025-10-31 07:51:56

had been convicted of murder and condemned to penal servitude. The assassination occurred at the penal settlement of Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India...

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List of prisons in the Philippines
Rabu, 2026-05-13 13:06:34

"Philippine penal institutions are 421% occupied as of June 2023 – BuCor". Rappler. Retrieved 3 September 2023. "Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm". Retrieved...

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Murder of William Tiah Hung Wai
Senin, 2026-05-11 03:12:50

Peng. The charge of murder Chan faced came under Section 300(a) of the Penal Code, which dictates an offence of murder committed with a premeditated...

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Ethiopian Criminal Code
Kamis, 2025-04-17 23:53:50

Ethiopian Criminal Code is the criminal code of Ethiopia. Stemmed from the 1957 Penal Code of the Ethiopian Empire, the FDRE regime repealed both the Ethiopian...

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Salvation in Christianity
Minggu, 2026-05-10 10:28:19

to refer to penal substitution alone, when the term also has a broader sense including other atonement models that are not penal. Penal substitution...

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Corporal punishment
Minggu, 2026-05-03 00:25:39

the inmates for misconduct in custody, has long been a common practice in penal institutions worldwide. It has officially been banned in most Western civilizations...

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Criminal Code of Finland
Jumat, 2025-05-09 22:46:28

The criminal code of Finland (Finnish: rikoslaki, Swedish: strafflag) is the codification of the central legal source concerning criminal law in Finland...

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Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code
Senin, 2026-04-20 20:10:13

Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code or Section 299 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita lays down the punishment for the deliberate and malicious acts, that...

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Apodaca prison riot
Senin, 2026-05-04 10:09:02

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...

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Murder in Texas law
Minggu, 2025-11-09 05:01:31

the entire country. The felony murder rule in Texas, codified in Texas Penal Code § 19.02(b)(3), states that a person commits murder if he or she "commits...

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Henri Charrière
Selasa, 2026-06-02 19:31:31

1969 novel Papillon, a memoir of his incarceration in and escape from a penal colony in French Guiana. While Charrière claimed that Papillon was largely...

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Christ Church School (Colony of New South Wales)
Senin, 2026-05-18 12:07:05

Christ Church School (1816 – 1883) was the first school in the penal settlement of Newcastle, in the Colony of New South Wales. The school opened in 1816...

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Shtrafbat
Senin, 2026-03-02 06:03:59

Shtrafbats (Russian: штрафбат, штрафной батальон) were Soviet penal battalions that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II. The shtrafbats were greatly...

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Flag desecration
Minggu, 2026-06-07 03:49:10

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...

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Abortion in Chad
Sabtu, 2025-07-19 23:52:27

to December 2016, when the National Assembly of Chad passed an updated penal code decriminalising abortion under limited circumstances. Article 358 of...

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California Racial Justice Act of 2020
Kamis, 2026-04-16 05:01:48

Penal Code §745(h)(1). Cal. Penal Code §745(d). Cal. Penal Code § 745(e)(1). Cal. Penal Code § 745(e)(2). Cal. Penal Code § 745(e)(3). Cal. Penal Code...

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Convict era of Western Australia
Minggu, 2026-06-07 20:33:39

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...

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Hudud
Selasa, 2026-05-12 20:45:38

the consensus (Ijma`) of the Companions of Muhammad. Article One of the Penal Code of the state of Qatar lists six hudud punishments, adding apostasy...

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Nguyễn Văn Hoá
Jumat, 2026-03-13 12:45:07

Vietnamese Penal Code. His charges were later changed to "conducting propaganda against the state" under Article 88 of the Vietnamese Penal Code before...

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Punishment in Australia
Selasa, 2026-06-02 01:20:59

United Kingdom. Penal colonies were also founded in what is now the states of Queensland, Tasmania, and Western Australia. Two penal colonies were briefly...

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Depraved-heart murder
Minggu, 2026-03-15 01:47:45

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...

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Priest hunter
Kamis, 2026-05-21 18:45:37

later British government, spied on or captured Catholic priests during Penal Times. Priest hunters were effectively bounty hunters. Some were volunteers...

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Article 312 of the Turkish Penal Code
Minggu, 2025-08-31 12:32:09

Article 312 is a controversial article of the Turkish Penal Code relating to inciting racial or religious hatred encouraging people to disobey the law...

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Brazilian criminal justice
Jumat, 2026-03-20 12:08:53

Congress, which passes laws to define what acts are considered criminal in the Penal Code and codifies the criminal procedures for implementing them; three national...

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Prosecution of S. Iswaran
Jumat, 2025-12-26 12:16:25

one charge of obstructing justice under Sections 165 and 204A(a) of the Penal Code respectively. He became the first minister to be charged and tried...

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Belgium Penal Transaction Law
Rabu, 2024-10-23 02:00:32

The Penal Transaction Law (French: transaction pénale; Dutch: minnelijke schikking in strafzaken) is a Belgian law that allows a court to end a public...

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Honor killings by region
Minggu, 2026-06-07 19:00:28

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...

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Strafbataillon
Selasa, 2026-05-19 10:00:24

Strafbataillon (lit. 'penal battalion') is the generic term for penal units that were created from prisoners during the Second World War in all branches...

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Culpable homicide
Sabtu, 2025-11-29 17:56:39

include causing death whether by intention or not. Under §299 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), "[...committer of] Culpable homicide" is defined as "Whoever...

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Voluntary manslaughter
Sabtu, 2024-12-07 23:47:21

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....

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Adultery law in India
Senin, 2026-06-01 20:45:01

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...

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National Revolutionary Police Force
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 23:20:01

estimated to be 6,531 cases in 1988, or 62 per 100,000 population. The Cuban penal system contained 90,000 inmates as of January 2020, approximately 794 per...

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Skúli Magnússon
Selasa, 2026-02-17 12:45:14

Iceland. Magnússon used penal labour at Stjórnarráðshúsið in Reykjavík. The Danish royal administration referred to these penal laborers as slaves. Magnússon's...

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Frances Crook
Kamis, 2025-10-30 09:49:54

1952) is the former Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, the oldest penal reform charity in the United Kingdom. Frances Crook grew up...

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2016 Davao prison killings
Selasa, 2026-03-10 15:26:29

August 13, 2016, three Chinese nationals detained at the Davao Prison and Penal Farm in Panabo, Davao del Norte were stabbed to death by two Filipino inmates...

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Criminal justice
Rabu, 2026-04-22 00:58:21

law American Society of Criminology Insanity defense Intoxication defense Penal populism Prison reform Public criminology Recidivism "U.S. Criminal Justice...

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Crime in Cuba
Selasa, 2026-03-24 10:11:18

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...

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Contravention in French criminal law
Rabu, 2025-09-17 03:46:23

du Droit. Retrieved 2024-10-03. Jean, Jean-Paul (2010). Le système pénal [The penal system]. Repères (in French). La Decouverte. ISBN 978-2-7071-5414-9...

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Contravention
Senin, 2025-07-07 15:26:57

separates penal infractions in two main different acts. They are the Brazilian Penal Code (Código Penal), describing crimes in general, and the Penal Contraventions...

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Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse
Minggu, 2026-04-19 19:44:33

the Toys, and banish him back to the interdimensional prison known as the Penal Zone. During this mission, the Freelance Police encounter a Mole Man cult...

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Ukrainian penal military units during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Rabu, 2026-05-20 21:57:09

high-risk tasks in the most dangerous areas of the front line. If a member of a penal unit would attempt to desert or retreat without authorisation, an additional...

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Rape law in Alabama
Minggu, 2025-10-19 17:05:20

punished." 1866 Penal Code of Alabama, "An Act to Establish a New Penal Code," p. 5-8. 1866 Penal Code of Alabama, "An Act to Establish a New Penal Code," p...

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Kamis, 2026-03-26 06:47:22

Rebellion of 1857, the crown took over the administration in India. The Indian Penal Code was passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in 1860. The CrPC was...

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Penal labour in the United Kingdom
Sabtu, 2025-08-02 12:32:02

Penal labour in the United Kingdom exists as part of a framework of rehabilitation. Across all jurisdictions of the United Kingdom, imprisonment with...

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Labor camp
Selasa, 2025-12-16 00:23:15

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...

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History of the judicial system of Iran
Minggu, 2026-03-08 15:28:19

"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...

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Mary Wade
Sabtu, 2025-12-06 22:26:45

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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Blanche Baughan
Minggu, 2026-03-29 14:59:01

January 1870 – 20 August 1958) was a New Zealand poet, writer, botanist and penal reformer. Baughan was born in Putney, Surrey, England, on 16 January 1870...

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Murder
Rabu, 2026-05-27 09:29:03

preterintentional homicide (art. 222-7 French penal code, art. 584 Italian penal code, art. 227 German penal code etc.). Felony murder contrasts with the...

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Section 326A of the Indian Penal Code
Minggu, 2026-01-11 12:36:21

The Section 326 A in the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for acid attacks. The minimum punishment is 10 years' imprisonment. It can extend...

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Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional Complex
Jumat, 2026-05-01 07:43:54

Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, 442 U.S. 1 (1979), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held...

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Statement against penal interest
Jumat, 2024-05-03 19:33:01

In United States law, a statement against penal interest is a statement that puts the statement-maker at risk of prosecution. It is the criminal equivalent...

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Alexander Pearce
Kamis, 2026-05-21 09:02:47

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...

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Force (law)
Selasa, 2025-06-03 22:19:44

lawful compulsion, due to the state having a monopoly on violence. In Indian Penal Code, Section 349 explains the meaning of force as under:- 'A person is...

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Katorga
Selasa, 2026-04-14 17:14:43

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...

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Criminal Act 1991 (Sudan)
Sabtu, 2026-02-14 08:49:59

system with Islamic principles, incorporating Shari'a law. It replaced the Penal Code of 1983 and includes provisions for hudud (fixed punishments for severe...

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Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford
Rabu, 2026-05-13 19:33:51

unpopular causes. He is especially notable for his lifelong advocacy of penal reform. Longford visited prisons on a regular basis for nearly 70 years...

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Santa Mónica Prison
Kamis, 2026-03-26 05:12:04

Mujeres de Chorrillos), formerly known as Santa Mónica Prison (Spanish: Penal Santa Mónica), is a high-security women's prison in Chorrillos, Lima, Peru...

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Gaspar Fagel
Minggu, 2026-04-19 14:28:49

Princess of Orange's thoughts concerning the repeal of the test, and the penal laws, Gaspar Fagel (1688) Miller, J. (1978). James II; A study in kingship...

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Blasphemy law
Minggu, 2026-05-24 03:59:30

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...

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Lima Penitentiary
Selasa, 2026-03-17 09:01:32

hace 57 años". El Comercio. Obando, Manoel (2022-11-06). "El Cristo del Penal: La imagen que casi le hace la competencia al 'Señor de los Milagros'"....

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Penal system of Hong Kong
Senin, 2026-04-20 04:23:04

The penal system of Hong Kong, with its colonial tradition, is responsible for carrying out criminal penalties and the supervision and rehabilitation...

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First Fleet
Jumat, 2026-04-24 03:31:58

January 1788. The Fleet established the Colony of New South Wales as a penal colony; the first British settlement in Australia. Lord Sandwich, together...

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History of United States prison systems
Senin, 2026-06-08 07:26:20

punishment in the United States just before the American Revolution, though penal incarceration efforts had been ongoing in England since as early as the...

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History of Australia (1788–1850)
Minggu, 2026-06-07 20:27:54

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...

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Jacques-Joseph Haus
Kamis, 2026-02-19 02:23:40

penal law. He appeared as such by his work in three volumes, published in 1835 with the title: Observations sur le projet de révision du Code pénal....

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History of Norfolk Island
Senin, 2026-06-08 03:52:03

under Maconochie than any other time during the second penal settlement's history. The second penal settlement began to be wound down by the British government...

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Prostitution in Rwanda
Senin, 2024-07-08 14:25:36

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...

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Glossary of French criminal law
Kamis, 2026-03-12 16:02:33

established translation in English; terms seen include: penal qualification, penal categorization, penal status, to be criminal in nature, criminal qualification...

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Abolition of Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1955 (shelved)
Minggu, 2025-06-01 06:07:34

Abolition of Penal Sanctions (Indigenous Workers) Convention, 1955 (shelved) is an International Labour Organization Convention. It was established in...

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Henry Miller (British Army officer)
Minggu, 2025-11-02 12:41:15

Henry Miller (1785–1866) was the first commandant of the Moreton Bay penal colony in Queensland, Australia. Henry Miller was born in 1785 in Derry, Ireland...

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Tuscan Penal Code of 1853
Sabtu, 2026-01-03 04:45:31

The Tuscan Penal Code of 1853 was the criminal code of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany promulgated by Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany in 1853, and in force...

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Law of Vatican City
Rabu, 2025-08-13 05:44:01

are governed by the Fundamental Law of Vatican City State. The Code of Penal Procedure governs tribunals and the Lateran Treaty governs relations with...

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Criminal punishment in Edo-period Japan
Jumat, 2026-06-05 05:59:44

follows: Capital punishment[citation needed] Prison and Exile[citation needed] Penal labor[citation needed] Confiscation of property[citation needed] Corporal...

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Tribunal de Paix de Gombe
Senin, 2025-06-02 16:46:00

parties. It maintains the penal role (PR), submits files for hearing dates, and ensures all procedural steps are followed. The penal clerk is also responsible...

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Howard League for Penal Reform Canterbury
Selasa, 2026-04-14 10:29:46

The Howard League for Penal Reform Canterbury is an organisation based in Christchurch, New Zealand, that lobbies for prison reform and works in Canterbury...

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Roberti–Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989
Sabtu, 2025-12-13 07:42:13

bill adds Penal Code Section 12276.1 to the Penal Code. The following designated semiautomatic firearms are defined as assault weapons by Penal Code section...

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National Crime Records Bureau
Selasa, 2026-04-07 19:35:39

responsible for collecting and analyzing crime data, as defined by the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special and Local Laws (SLL). NCRB is headquartered in New...

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Necrophilia
Kamis, 2026-06-04 23:59:11

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...

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Sexual consent in law
Kamis, 2026-05-28 18:12:54

Bangladesh: Penal Code (1860, amended to 2008) Myanmar: Penal Code Pakistan: Penal Code Afghanistan: Shia Personal Status Law (2008) Indonesia: Penal Code Archived...

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Section 326B of the Indian Penal Code
Minggu, 2026-03-22 23:54:16

The Section 326 B in the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for attempted acid attacks. The minimum punishment is 5 years' imprisonment. It can...

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Alexander Pylcyn
Senin, 2024-11-11 05:42:45

Commander during the Great Patriotic War. Pylcyn commanded the 8th Independent Penal Battalion. During his service in the Soviet Army, he was awarded the Order...

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Penal Servitude Act 1864
Senin, 2026-03-23 20:30:24

The Penal Servitude Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 47) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act amended the Penal Servitude Act 1853 (16...

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Pavón Prison
Jumat, 2025-08-29 15:59:02

Pavon Prison (Granja Penal de Pavón) is a prison in Guatemala. It is located outside the town of Fraijanes near Guatemala City. It is a part of the Dirección...

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Mount Nelson Signal Station
Selasa, 2026-04-21 23:38:01

Tasmania and provided communication via flags and semaphore to Hobart and the penal settlement at Port Arthur. The signal station was built on Mount Nelson...

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Margery Fry
Minggu, 2026-05-31 01:48:50

to become a magistrate. She was the secretary of the Howard League for Penal Reform and the principal of Somerville College, Oxford. Fry was born in...

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Caldoche
Jumat, 2026-05-22 18:53:30

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...

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Union Correctional Institution
Kamis, 2026-05-21 03:45:35

the men in overcrowded, wooden dormitories. A 1928 report on the American penal system shows that, of the 1,101 male prisoners received, 674 (61%) were...

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Manslaughter
Rabu, 2026-05-27 09:22:17

"PENAL CODE (Japan)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023. Rassat, Michèle-Laure (2018-05-23). Droit pénal spécial...

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Baghi (Islam)
Kamis, 2026-05-28 02:53:40

"baghi." This concept is addressed in the Islamic Penal Code of Iran. According to the Islamic Penal Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the crime of...

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Crime of passion
Selasa, 2026-04-28 04:39:59

of the French penal code was copied by Middle Eastern Arab countries. According to the Honour Based Violence Awareness Network, the penal codes that were...

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Van Diemen's Land
Jumat, 2026-01-30 22:56:41

established a settlement in 1803 before it became a separate colony in 1825. Its penal colonies became notorious destinations for the transportation of convicts...

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Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology
Senin, 2025-09-15 20:41:53

education. The chair was established initially in 1888 as Reid Professor of Penal Legislation, Constitutional and Criminal Law, and the Law of Evidence. This...

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French criminal procedure
Sabtu, 2025-07-19 06:51:57

investigated, prosecuted, tried, and punished for an infraction defined in the penal code. These procedural issues are codified in the French code of criminal...

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Attempted Rape Act 1948
Senin, 2026-03-09 08:58:57

for attempted rape from two years' imprisonment to seven years' penal servitude. (Penal servitude was abolished later that year by the Criminal Justice...

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Article 365 of the Sri Lankan Penal Code
Sabtu, 2026-02-14 01:44:46

Article 365 of the Sri Lankan Penal Code criminalizes "carnal intercourse against the order of nature" and provides for a penalty of up to ten years in...

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Lèse-majesté in Japan
Kamis, 2025-12-18 08:33:06

the draft of the Japanese Penal Code. Later, it was stipulated in Articles 74 and 76 as one of the elements of the current Penal Code, Part II, Chapter 1...

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Section 171 of the Criminal Code of Cyprus
Selasa, 2024-09-24 16:36:28

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...

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Cook Islands Federation
Selasa, 2025-01-21 15:23:43

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...

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Alvaro Pires (professor)
Sabtu, 2024-09-07 18:48:44

University Professor and Canada Research Chair in Legal Traditions and Penal Rationality at University of Ottawa. "Alvaro Pires". uottawa.ca. Retrieved...

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Michel Antoine (anarchist)
Rabu, 2025-12-31 19:39:05

activities, and he was sentenced in absentia to lifelong deportation to a penal colony in 1900. In the following decade, Antoine became involved in a significant...

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List of states and union territories of India by crime rate
Sabtu, 2025-10-04 19:46:51

That is, rate of cognizable crime (under Indian Penal Code and Special & Local Laws) IPC: Indian Penal Code SLL: Special & Local Laws Charge-sheet rate:...

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Kharp
Senin, 2025-09-22 22:40:13

roughly 45 kilometres (28 miles) away. Kharp is the location of prison/penal colonies IK-18 Polar Owl and IK-3 Polar Wolf, two of Russia’s northernmost...

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Life imprisonment in Iceland
Senin, 2024-09-23 05:08:08

available under the Icelandic penal code since the death penalty was formally abolished in 1928. According to the General Penal Code from 1944 imprisonment...

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Botany Bay
Selasa, 2026-05-19 23:59:38

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...

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Maurice Vidal Portman
Selasa, 2026-05-26 19:47:55

1879 and 1901 when he was posted as a superintendent of the Andaman Island Penal Colony. Portman was born in England, the third son of Maurice Berkeley Portman...

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1992–93 Singapore construction site murders
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 19:49:29

396 of the Penal Code. This section, which differed from the typical murder offences that came under four clauses of Section 300 of the Penal Code, defined...

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Section 20 of the Indian Penal Code
Rabu, 2025-11-26 15:01:22

Section 20 of the Indian Penal Code is about courts of justice. The section states: The words "Court of Justice" denote a judge who is empowered by law...

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Salvation Islands
Selasa, 2026-05-12 02:32:42

and 1953, the islands were part of a notorious penal colony for the worst criminals of France. The penal colony stretched along the border with Suriname...

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Apostasy in Islam by country
Kamis, 2026-04-30 09:19:27

Hanafi Sunni fiqh for crimes of apostasy in Islam. Article 1 of the Afghan Penal Code requires hudud crimes be punished per Hanafi religious jurisprudence...

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Age of consent
Senin, 2026-06-08 18:23:19

CODE PENAL—Legifrance". Retrieved 29 June 2015. "Ordonnance n°45-1456 du 2 juillet 1945 ABROGE ET REMPLACE L'ART. 331 (AL. 1 ET 2) DU CODE PENAL, MODIFIE...

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Nutraloaf
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 23:31:12

in 1978 in Hutto v. Finney while ruling that conditions in the Arkansas penal system constituted cruel and unusual punishment. Among other complaints...

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Stop and identify statutes
Rabu, 2026-05-20 01:47:13

Penal Code §647(e) was repealed several years after 1983 and the sub-sections re-lettered, so the current Penal Code §647(e) is what used to be Penal...

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The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces
Senin, 2026-01-19 13:20:48

The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces is a collection of short stories and recollections by Franz Kafka, with additional writings by Max Brod.[citation...

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California criminal law
Senin, 2025-09-01 15:45:49

This article focuses exclusively on California criminal law. California Penal Code section 15 defines a "crime" or "public offense" as "an act committed...

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Prisons in India
Minggu, 2026-05-24 01:31:36

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...

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Mary Size
Jumat, 2026-01-23 23:17:04

Mary A. Size, OBE (c. 1882–1959) was an Irish penal reformer and officer in the English prison system in the early to mid-twentieth century, considered...

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Pulpit Law (Luxembourg)
Selasa, 2024-11-05 10:00:05

la chaire, German: Kanzelparagraph) was a paragraph of the Luxembourgish Penal Code introduced in 1879, restricting the rights of the clergy to criticise...

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Norfolk Island
Jumat, 2026-06-05 09:56:49

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...

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Ikey Solomon
Kamis, 2025-12-11 06:29:44

arrest, recapture and trial led to his transportation to the Australian penal colony of Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania). He is widely regarded...

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Poenale sanctie
Jumat, 2026-05-15 04:14:33

The poenale sanctie (penal sanction) was a legal penalty from 1880 to 1948 in both Suriname and the Dutch East Indies. The poenale sanctie was a part...

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Christus Victor
Jumat, 2026-05-15 10:43:34

satisfying the demands of God's honor) and later developed by Protestants as penal substitution (that Christ is punished instead of humanity, thus satisfying...

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Constitutio Criminalis Theresiana
Selasa, 2026-05-12 14:44:25

Theresiana or just Theresiana) was a penal code issued in 1768 by the Austrian ruler Maria Theresa (1717 – 1780). The penal code established a unified criminal...

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Texas Statutes
Kamis, 2021-09-09 07:21:55

collection of the Texas Legislature's statutes: the Revised Civil Statutes, Penal Code, and the Code of Criminal Procedure. State of Texas v. West Publishing...

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Comptroller General of Convicts (Western Australia)
Senin, 2025-10-06 12:05:35

existed from 1850, when Western Australia first became a penal colony, until 1872, four years after penal transportation to Western Australia had ceased. Western...

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Stoning
Senin, 2026-05-11 00:25:51

have inserted stoning and other hudud (pl. of hadd) punishments into their penal codes under the influence of Islamist movements. These laws hold particular...

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List of 2014 FIFA World Cup controversies
Rabu, 2026-05-06 00:54:18

In the aftermath of the event, many Mexican fans used the phrase "No era penal" (transl. It was not a penalty) for a number of years to refer to the moment...

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Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code
Rabu, 2025-12-17 13:44:00

Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for sedition. The Indian Penal Code was enacted in 1860, under the British Raj. Section...

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Penalty interest
Minggu, 2025-10-19 09:25:38

payment, statutory interest for/on late payment, interest on arrears, or penal interest, in money lending and in sales contracts is punitive interest charged...

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No Escape (1994 film)
Selasa, 2026-06-02 18:14:29

Dillon, Michael Lerner and Ernie Hudson. It was based on the 1987 novel The Penal Colony by Richard Herley. In a dystopian future, a former Reconnaissance...

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Ross Island, South Andaman district
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 23:02:19

later, the British had decided to establish a Penal Settlement in Andaman Islands and shifted the Penal Settlement from Singapore to Port Blair (Viper...

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List of prisons in Turkey
Kamis, 2025-05-08 03:27:17

Kr The lists were created using a table of the General Directorate for Penal and Arrest Centres (Adalet Bakanlığı Ceza ve Tevkifevleri Genel Müdürlüğü)...

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Storm-V
Senin, 2026-03-09 00:39:57

Storm-V (Russian: Шторм-V, romanized: Shtorm-V) is a series of penal military units established by a law which was signed by Russian president Vladimir...

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Lèse-majesté
Senin, 2026-06-08 14:29:04

monarchy 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...

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El Frontón
Senin, 2026-05-04 14:04:51

El Frontón is a deserted island and former penal colony off the coast of Callao, Peru. Dry, deserted and without vegetation, it is located 7 km from the...

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Garantism (legal theory)
Kamis, 2026-03-05 15:55:22

his seminal work Derecho y razón: Teoría del garantismo penal (Law and Reason: Theory of Penal Garantism, 1995). In it, he proposed a model of criminal...

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Blasphemy in Pakistan
Kamis, 2026-04-30 09:38:53

The Pakistan Penal Code outlaws blasphemy (Urdu: قانون ناموس رسالت) against any recognized religion, with punishments ranging from a fine to the death...

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Capital punishment in California
Rabu, 2026-05-27 22:53:59

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...

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Falsifying business records
Rabu, 2025-08-27 21:48:32

Falsifying Business Records, Just Security (April 3, 2023). N.Y. Penal Code § 175.10. N.Y. Penal Law § 175.15. Louis Jacobson & Amy Sherman, Trump's indictment...

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Michel Foucault
Senin, 2026-06-08 00:56:21

racism and other violations of human rights, focusing on struggles such as penal reform. Foucault later published Discipline and Punish (1975) and The History...

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K (2002 film)
Sabtu, 2026-03-21 22:10:37

based on three short stories by Franz Kafka - "The Married Couple," "In the Penal Colony" and "A Fratricide." - which are all performed by the same group...

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Prison in the Andes
Selasa, 2026-03-03 08:27:35

Prison in the Andes (Spanish: Penal Cordillera) is a 2023 drama film written and directed by Felipe Carmona in his directorial debut. Starring Bastián...

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Terroristic threat
Minggu, 2025-07-20 02:38:43

Blackmail, etc. § 53 (citing Model Penal Code § 211.3). 45 A.L.R. 4th 949, § 12.5 (citing West's Ann.Cal.Penal Code § 422). "Penal Code Title 5. Offenses against...

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Alexander Popham (penal reformer)
Kamis, 2026-03-12 13:27:02

Alexander Popham (18 July 1729 – 13 October 1810) was a British penal reformer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1768 and 1796. Born...

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Murder in French law
Selasa, 2024-07-16 06:28:33

In the French penal code, murder is defined by the intentional killing of another person. Murder is punishable by a maximum of 30 years of criminal imprisonment...

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Rani Dhavan Shankardass
Kamis, 2025-08-28 01:30:58

reform. She is the Secretary General of Penal Reform and Justice Association (PRAJA) and the President of Penal Reform International. Rani Dhavan Shankardass...

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Irish slaves myth
Senin, 2026-04-20 11:01:31

Irish slaves myth is a fringe pseudohistorical narrative that conflates the penal transportation and indentured servitude of Irish people during the 17th...

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Jesuits, etc. Act 1584
Sabtu, 2026-02-14 01:48:05

keep one now". This tolerant attitude made it impossible to enforce the Penal Laws against the upper classes: in 1613 the justices of the peace of Northamptonshire...

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History of Ireland (1691–1800)
Minggu, 2026-05-17 12:14:35

Roman Catholics, were excluded from power and land ownership under the penal laws. The second-largest group, the Presbyterians in Ulster, owned land...

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California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Sabtu, 2026-04-25 07:41:50

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is the penal law enforcement agency of the government of California responsible for the...

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Bigamy
Rabu, 2025-12-17 06:19:52

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...

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Law enforcement officer
Rabu, 2025-12-31 18:00:35

"California Penal Code, Part 2, Title 3, Section 830-832.18". Official California Legislative Information. Retrieved 2017-01-30. "California Penal Code, Part...

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Dyonathan Celestrino
Rabu, 2026-05-20 18:44:32

escape from Unei de Ponta Porã, he was transferred to the Campo Grande Penal Institution, and as of August 2022, Celestrino remains incarcerated. He...

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LGBTQ rights in Guinea
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 12:01:24

towards LGBTQ people are generally tolerated in the nation. The 1998 Guinean Penal Code provides as follows: Article 325. Any indecent act or act against nature...

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Supreme Court of Cassation (Italy)
Sabtu, 2025-11-15 01:25:12

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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Principle of legality in French criminal law
Kamis, 2025-12-25 02:04:34

most fundamental principles of French criminal law, and goes back to the Penal Code of 1791 adopted during the French Revolution,[citation needed] and...

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Article 519, Penal Code
Rabu, 2026-03-04 07:54:13

Article 519, Penal Code (Italian: Art. 519 codice penale, French: Violence charnelle) is a 1952 French-Italian crime melodrama film directed by Leonardo...

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Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001
Kamis, 2025-10-30 11:47:27

that created a new section of the New York Penal Code for terrorism-related crimes, Article 490 (N.Y. Penal Law § 490.00 et seq.). The bill was introduced...

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Duty to rescue
Jumat, 2026-06-05 19:46:32

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...

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Thomas Bunbury (British Army officer, born 1791)
Sabtu, 2026-05-09 11:10:46

Hazzard, Margaret (1984). Punishment Short of Death: A History of the Penal Settlement at Norfolk Island. Melbourne: Hyland House. ISBN 9780908090648...

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Age of consent in Asia
Senin, 2026-05-25 04:48:21

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...

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Prisons in the Republic of Ireland
Senin, 2026-06-01 01:22:03

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...

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County Mayo (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Rabu, 2026-04-08 21:18:43

Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800. Between 1725 and 1793, under the Penal Laws, Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote. 1585 Thomas...

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Catholic emancipation
Senin, 2026-05-11 02:08:35

Roman Catholics introduced by the Act of Uniformity, the Test Acts and the penal laws. Requirements to abjure (renounce) the temporal and spiritual authority...

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LGBTQ rights in Yemen
Selasa, 2026-06-02 14:31:05

2024. In Yemen, homosexuality is criminalized under Article 264 of the Penal Code, with punishments ranging from 100 lashes to up to 7 years in prison...

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The Division of Labour in Society
Jumat, 2024-10-25 06:33:32

weak throughout a mechanical society, the law has to be repressive and penal to respond to offences of the common conscience. In an advanced, industrial...

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Apostasy
Selasa, 2026-05-12 20:36:18

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...

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Keeler v. Superior Court
Kamis, 2026-05-21 22:49:56

charged with three counts: Cal. Penal Code, § 187 the murder of the baby, a human, with malice aforethought, Cal. Penal Code § 273d infliction of traumatic...

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Foster Fyans
Sabtu, 2025-03-01 03:01:44

Foster Fyans (September 1790 – 23 May 1870) was an Irish military officer, penal colony administrator and public servant. He was acting commandant of the...

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Honor killing
Kamis, 2026-05-28 14:35:37

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...

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Legality of incest in the United States
Minggu, 2026-04-26 03:26:37

Fines—Limitations on amount". Justia US Law. Retrieved 25 April 2020. "California Penal Code § 285". California Legislative Information. California Office of Legislative...

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.50 Caliber BMG Regulation Act of 2004
Sabtu, 2026-03-21 05:32:35

Assault Weapons Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine" California Penal Code at the State Attorney General web site "Frequently Asked Questions...

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J'Accuse...!
Kamis, 2026-06-04 13:58:08

General Staff officer who was sentenced to lifelong penal servitude for espionage, and sent to the penal colony on Devil's Island in French Guiana. Zola pointed...

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K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra
Selasa, 2026-06-02 19:04:49

the former scenario, Nanavati would have been charged under the Indian penal code for culpable homicide, with a maximum punishment of 10 years. This...

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Protestant Ascendancy
Jumat, 2026-06-05 08:34:18

and formalized in the legal system after 1691 by the passing of various Penal Laws, which discriminated against the majority Irish Catholic population...

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Blochausen Ministry
Jumat, 2024-08-16 22:33:00

neutrality. The Blochausen government tackled reform of the penal justice system. The penal code that was in force at the time, dated from 1810, and was...

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Islas Marías
Jumat, 2026-01-23 20:29:15

municipality (municipio) of San Blas, Nayarit. The islands were used as a penal colony until February 18, 2019, when President Andrés Manuel López Obrador...

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LGBTQ rights in São Tomé and Príncipe
Senin, 2025-09-08 07:26:55

condemning violence and discrimination against LGBTQ people. Under the Penal Code of São Tomé and Príncipe that took effect in November 2012, same-sex...

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Léon Léauthier
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 05:06:17

Léauthier (January 1874, in Manosque - assassinated on 22 October 1894 at the penal colony of the Salvation Islands), was shoemaker, activist, and anarchist...

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Bans on Nazi symbols
Minggu, 2026-05-31 09:20:58

April 2024. "Kodeks karny (Penal code)" (PDF) (in Polish). Sejm. 2018. p. 101. Retrieved 24 January 2022. "Kodeks karny (Penal code)" (PDF) (in Polish)...

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Patricia Krenwinkel
Senin, 2026-06-08 13:49:51

Krenwinkel became the longest-incarcerated female inmate in the California penal system. She was recommended to be released on parole in 2025, but the recommendation...

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Australian Convict Sites
Senin, 2026-05-11 20:03:56

Australian Convict Sites are a World Heritage Site that consists of eleven penal sites associated with convict transportation to Australia. The sites were...

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Freedom of speech by country
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 02:56:43

the penal code was a law against blasphemy, but no one has been charged since 1933. It was removed as of 29 May 2015. Article 135a of the penal code...

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Counterfeit money
Rabu, 2026-05-20 12:37:13

Wayback Machine (in Portuguese) Article 252 of Penal Code Archived 2016-09-13 at the Wayback Machine Dutch penal code title X Sections 367 and 368 of the Norwegian...

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Laws against witchcraft
Rabu, 2026-06-03 23:26:48

in Sweden. Witchcraft which was punishable with death was removed from penal code in 1779. Fortune-telling and magical healing was a crime of superstition...

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Caroline Newman
Rabu, 2026-01-14 21:41:34

offering her solidarity. Newman served as a trustee for the Howard League for Penal Reform for 15 years, pushing the government to adopt humane prison reform...

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Homosexuality in India
Kamis, 2026-05-07 03:09:42

17th-century Indian Penal Code of the British Empire. After a nine-year period of legal battles, a part of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code was eventually...

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LGBTQ rights in Tuvalu
Jumat, 2026-01-30 10:44:47

not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents. Sections 153, 154 and 155 of the Penal Code outlaw male homosexual intercourse with a penalty of up to 14 years...

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Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India
Senin, 2026-05-18 01:23:28

was asked to determine the constitutionality of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a colonial-era law which, among other things, criminalised homosexual...

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Moisés Vieites
Senin, 2025-10-27 06:30:59

Association in that city. Vieites, Moisés (1929). Como debe ser la llamada ley penal: informe que expone a la consideración de la Camara de Representantes. s...

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Claus Roxin
Sabtu, 2026-03-28 10:54:12

German jurist. He was one of the most influential dogmatists of German penal law and gained national and international reputation in this field. He was...

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Catalpa rescue
Minggu, 2026-05-03 17:22:17

prisoners from the Convict Establishment (now Fremantle Prison), a British penal colony in Western Australia. They were taken on the convict ship Hougoumont...

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Police radio code
Jumat, 2026-04-17 00:59:06

The following codes are used in California. They are from the California Penal Code, except where noted below.[better source needed] In the 1970s, the...

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Child corporal punishment laws
Senin, 2026-05-25 01:26:52

Turkish Penal Code, Article 86/1 Turkish Penal Code, Article 6/1/f Turkish Penal Code, Article 86/3/b,a,e Turkish Penal Code, Article 86/3/f Turkish Penal Code...

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Henry Browne Hayes
Rabu, 2026-04-15 04:58:51

Convicted of the kidnap of a wealthy heiress in Cork, he was subject to penal transportation to New South Wales in 1802 where he built Vaucluse House...

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Age of consent in Mexico
Jumat, 2026-02-13 02:54:55

classify Corruption of Minors as a "Delito Grave" (Major Crime) in their penal codes. Additionally, all states have statutory-rape laws that can, upon...

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Theodora Llewelyn Davies
Jumat, 2024-01-26 06:00:34

Llewelyn Davies (18 April 1898 – 21 December 1988) was a British barrister and penal reform campaigner. She was the first woman to apply for admission to the...

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Anti-Soviet agitation
Rabu, 2026-01-07 20:55:24

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...

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Larceny
Minggu, 2026-03-22 08:00:04

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...

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Oconee County Cage
Sabtu, 2025-11-29 09:18:18

S.C. Appalachian Council of Governments (July 13, 1982). "Oconee County Penal System TR" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination...

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The Girl from Botany Bay
Kamis, 2026-05-28 11:50:07

non-fiction biography of Mary Bryant, a Cornishwoman sent to the Botany Bay penal colony in 1786 after being convicted of highway robbery. Mary Bryant (nee...

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Ministry of Justice & Penal Affairs (Djibouti)
Kamis, 2026-03-26 01:37:21

The Ministry of Justice & Penal Affairs of Djibouti is responsible for disciplining the courts, providing access and general justice, creating penitentiary...

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Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Senin, 2026-03-02 04:13:52

existence of law enforcement gangs in the state. Since 2022, California Penal Code § 13670 has defined a law enforcement gang as follows: "Law enforcement...

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Suicide in Singapore
Jumat, 2026-01-30 16:33:20

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...

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Mulford Act
Rabu, 2026-01-28 09:16:22

Attempts to Disarm the Black Panthers". San Diego Law Review. 36 (4). Penal code 25850 Penal code 171c "Record of Members of the Assembly 1849–2024" (PDF). Office...

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Cannabis in Somalia
Selasa, 2024-07-16 13:09:02

Cannabis is present in Somalia, and noted in the Somali 1971 penal code. Reports in 1970 and 1971 note that it is one of the few narcotic drugs found...

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Miss Captivity Pageant
Kamis, 2026-03-26 14:29:46

that aired in 2002, the program was a beauty contest held in the Panevezys Penal Labour Colony. The show began as a joke between producers, but turned out...

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Texas obscenity law
Rabu, 2026-05-06 17:12:42

distributors. In 1973, the Texas Legislature passed Section 43.21 of the Texas Penal Code, which, in part, prohibited the sale or promotion of "obscene devices"...

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Capital punishment in Vietnam
Selasa, 2026-02-03 10:41:58

especially vulnerable to death penalty executions. Thirteen articles in the Penal Code allow capital punishment as an option. Sentences of death are executed...

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MK K-Clique
Minggu, 2026-03-15 01:54:58

announced his own clothing brands, Three O' Two. The brand name inspired from a Penal Code Section 302 in the Laws of Malaysia: Act 574. where he always put those...

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Life imprisonment
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 18:21:25

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...

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Siparia
Kamis, 2025-12-11 06:14:56

southern Trinidad, in Trinidad and Tobago, south of San Fernando, southwest of Penal and Debe and southeast of Fyzabad. Also called "The Sand City", Siparia...

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Pornography and erotica in the Philippines
Rabu, 2025-08-06 23:33:11

pornography is not specifically defined in Philippine law, but the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines considers certain acts to be obscene or indecent...

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Shot Caller (film)
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 08:27:30

a hardened prison gangster, which he undergoes to survive California's penal system after he is incarcerated for his role in a deadly DUI car accident...

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Matt's Law
Sabtu, 2025-12-27 04:15:39

rituals. The bill amended the California Education Code and California Penal Code to change charges for some hazing rituals from misdemeanors to felonies...

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Mettray
Jumat, 2026-03-13 03:42:10

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...

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Crank machine
Jumat, 2026-05-08 10:24:50

The crank machine was a penal labour device used in England in the 19th century. It consisted of a hand-turned crank which forced four large cups or ladles...

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Luis Jiménez de Asúa
Senin, 2026-03-30 21:26:30

president of the Spanish Republican government in Exile. A professor of penal law at the Central University of Madrid). He was confined to the Islas Chafarinas...

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P. Balakrishna Reddy
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 06:25:42

sections 147 (rioting) and 341 (wrongfully restraining any person) of Indian Penal code and section 3 of Tamil Nadu Property Prevention of Damage and Loss...

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Darío Herrera (referee)
Jumat, 2026-05-15 03:07:13

Spanish). 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2025. "Barovero ya había atajado un penal igual y el juez lo validó". Infobae (in Spanish). 2 September 2013. Retrieved...

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Strafkompanie
Selasa, 2026-05-19 10:03:39

Strafkompanie ("Punitive Unit") is the German word for the penal labor division in the Nazi concentration camps. SK was the abbreviation used in the concentration...

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Papillon (book)
Rabu, 2026-02-04 21:51:07

details Papillon's incarceration and subsequent escape from the French penal colony of French Guiana, and covers a 14-year period between 1931 and 1945...

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List of uniform acts (United States)
Sabtu, 2026-02-28 04:01:49

This is a list of uniform acts. The Model Penal Code, which seeks to harmonize state criminal law statutes, is in effect a uniform act but it was developed...

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Murder in United States law
Senin, 2026-05-04 07:10:01

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...

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Gustave Boissonade
Sabtu, 2026-02-14 08:48:28

June 1910) was a French legal scholar, responsible for drafting Japan's penal code during the Meiji era, and honored as one of the founders of modern...

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Vittorio Pini
Minggu, 2026-03-01 08:35:36

associations. He was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment and deported to the penal colony of Cayenne, from which he attempted to escape twice, once with Placide...

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Information Technology Act, 2000
Minggu, 2026-04-26 22:11:59

Appellate Tribunal. The Act also amended various sections of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, the Banker's Books Evidence Act...

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Saint-Martin-de-Ré
Senin, 2026-03-02 21:06:24

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...

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Sendai Detention House
Minggu, 2025-02-23 22:00:04

Kōchi-shisho) is a correctional facility in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai. A part of the penal system of Japan, it is operated by the Ministry of Justice. One of Japan's...

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Discipline and Punish
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 23:29:48

and theoretical mechanisms behind the changes that occurred in Western penal systems during the modern age based on historical documents from France...

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Prostitution in Spain
Senin, 2026-04-20 00:18:16

de los excesos de la prostitución en Madrid (1847), followed by the 1848 Penal Code.[full citation needed] In 1935 during the Second Republic (1931–36)...

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Hiroyasu Koga
Kamis, 2026-01-15 06:35:48

and assisting a suicide. They were convicted and sentenced to four years' penal servitude, and were released in 1974, a few months early. As of 2005, it...

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Rape in India
Kamis, 2026-03-26 14:32:54

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...

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Wall of Tears (Galápagos Islands)
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 20:59:02

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. It is one of the few remaining vestiges of the penal colony that existed on Isabela Island between 1946 and 1959. Since then...

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Benjamin Vaughan Abbott
Minggu, 2026-02-22 09:11:15

American lawyer and author noted for his efforts in drawing up the New York penal code. On June 4, 1830, Abbott was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Abbott's...

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2012–2015 unrest in Romania
Sabtu, 2026-04-25 08:06:33

these amendments to the Penal Code. The National Anticorruption Directorate showed that, following the changes to the Penal Code, lawmakers indicted...

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Government of Japan
Minggu, 2026-06-07 01:07:31

provisions of this Constitution and of the law. However, it cannot include penal provisions in such cabinet orders unless authorized by such law. Decide...

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Goulburn Correctional Centre
Jumat, 2026-06-05 23:22:43

eighty years up to the 1970s, Goulburn was the establishment within the NSW penal system with a particular role in the reformation of first time and young...

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Port Blair
Rabu, 2026-06-03 18:32:35

and a penal colony, which was abandoned two years later. On 22 February 1858, the British re-established a colony at Port Blair, and a new penal colony...

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History of Hobart
Selasa, 2026-03-17 12:36:19

areas. The first European settlement in the Hobart area began in 1803 as a penal colony and defensive outpost at Risdon Cove on the eastern shores of the...

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Lake Novozero
Rabu, 2025-05-07 05:10:51

The lake has the island Ognenny Ostrov which now holds a high-security penal institution. Озеро Новозеро (in Russian). State Water Register of Russia...

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Perjury in Nigeria
Selasa, 2026-01-20 08:25:02

the Southern states of Nigeria. The offence of false evidence under the Penal Code, which is applicable in the Northern states of Nigeria, is equivalent...

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Abortion in Africa
Senin, 2026-02-16 21:29:01

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...

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Mordovia
Kamis, 2026-05-07 15:09:40

Mordovian cuisine is widespread in the country. Mordovia is home to multiple penal colonies. Prisons in Mordovia are regarded by many as having conditions...

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Point system (driving)
Minggu, 2026-05-03 07:49:58

A penalty point system, also known as a demerit point system, is a method used by licensing authorities to monitor and regulate driver behavior. Under...

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Victimology
Jumat, 2026-05-22 22:09:51

1989, the surveys were repeated in 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004/2005. The penal couple is defined as the relationship between perpetrator and victim of...

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Transportation (disambiguation)
Minggu, 2024-02-11 20:52:24

to place. Transportation may also refer to: Penal transportation, the moving of convicted criminals to penal colonies. Transportation theory (mathematics)...

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Boven-Digoel concentration camp
Rabu, 2026-05-20 17:34:01

pp. 29–35. ISBN 9784814003624. Cribb, Robert (2017). "Convict Exile and Penal Settlement in Colonial Indonesia". Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History...

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Geraldine Cadbury
Rabu, 2026-05-06 16:31:28

29 June 1864 – 30 January 1941) was a British Quaker, author, social and penal reformer. Geraldine was one of the first women in Birmingham to become a...

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Laogai
Minggu, 2026-05-31 11:36:56

reform through labor, was a criminal justice system involving the use of penal labor and prison farms in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Láogǎi (劳改)...

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Life imprisonment in Singapore
Senin, 2026-04-27 17:42:32

applicable for more than forty offences under Singapore law (including the Penal Code, the Kidnapping Act and Arms Offences Act), such as culpable homicide...

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Penally Abbey
Sabtu, 2026-03-21 22:52:01

Penally Abbey is an old rectory, now the Penally Abbey Country House Hotel and Restaurant overlooking Carmarthen Bay in the village of Penally, about 1...

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Ministère public (France)
Kamis, 2026-03-05 22:24:13

and that institution can exercise a public action (action publique) in penal infractions that cause a disturbance of the ordre public, and can also initiate...

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Peter Williams (lawyer)
Kamis, 2025-07-24 17:24:46

KNZM QC (1 December 1934 – 9 June 2015) was a New Zealand barrister and penal reform advocate. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1987. Williams was...

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Campaign against the Lebanese rape-marriage law Article 522
Selasa, 2025-12-02 03:00:47

MENA in December 2016. Its aim was to abolish Article 522 of the Lebanese Penal Code, which allows a man to avoid punishment for rape if he produces a valid...

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French judiciary courts
Senin, 2025-03-31 23:16:36

(also known as private law; droit privé)), and French criminal law (droit pénal). Use of the term civil law in France means private law, and should not...

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James Morisset
Minggu, 2025-09-14 07:20:07

Lieutenant Colonel James Thomas Morisset (1780 – 17 August 1852), penal administrator, was commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island...

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Willful ignorance
Kamis, 2026-05-21 15:16:33

allegation of erro de tipo, mistake of fact/type, art. 20, caput, of the Penal Code). However, the definition and the criteria for applying the theory...

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Theft
Senin, 2026-05-18 11:38:14

2010-06-28 at the Wayback Machine California Penal Code Section 490a. California Penal Code Section 487. "California Penal Code, Sec. 487". California legislative...

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Abortion in Angola
Kamis, 2024-06-20 02:13:35

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...

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Collingwood Stockade
Senin, 2026-02-23 10:02:10

Collingwood Stockade was a penal stockade in modern-day Carlton North, Victoria, Australia. It was built in 1853 and was in use until 1866 when it was...

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Roger Reaves
Sabtu, 2026-04-11 09:36:04

and escaped five times. He spent time in German, Australian, and American penal institutions, while supported by his wife throughout. He was shot down twice...

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Daniela Monroy
Rabu, 2026-02-25 02:23:34

TUDN. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2023. "Daniela Monroy marca de penal. ¡Magistral cobro de la capitana!". Bola Vip. 10 October 2022. Retrieved...

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Master and Servant Act 1823
Rabu, 2026-04-15 00:33:45

Parliament of the United Kingdom that sought to codify the general use of penal sanctions for breach of contract by workers against their employers. So...

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Chain gang
Senin, 2026-06-01 23:22:41

accomplish undesirable and difficult tasks[citation needed] In the Australian penal colonies, chain gangs were also referred to as "iron gangs". They were used...

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Charles Gallo
Senin, 2026-06-08 22:23:55

controlled, Le Révolté. He was sentenced to 20 years of deportation to a penal colony after a tumultuous trial during which he complained that he had not...

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Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach
Selasa, 2026-04-28 19:18:24

German legal scholar. His major achievement was a reform of the Bavarian penal code which led to the abolition of torture and became a model for several...

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Kodigo Penal: The Valderrama Case
Jumat, 2026-04-24 04:13:49

Kodigo Penal: The Valderrama Case is a 1980 Filipino action film directed by Mike Relon Makiling, starring Ace Vergel. The film is based on a true story...

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Phillips County Penal Farm Historic District
Rabu, 2026-02-11 14:08:22

The Phillips County Penal Farm Historic District encompasses a former prison facility in Phillips County, Arkansas. It is located on the east side of...

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Murder in Dutch law
Minggu, 2026-04-26 18:38:36

compulsory TBS can be prolonged indefinitely. The Dutch penal code, Wetboek van Strafrecht ("Lawbook of Penal justice"), specifies the following kinds of homicide:...

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Murder in Norwegian law
Jumat, 2025-07-18 23:01:13

and are treated as any other form of assisted suicide. In 2015, a new penal code came into force. Murder, and other violent offenses resulting in death...

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Life imprisonment in Switzerland
Selasa, 2025-11-25 07:15:55

Life imprisonment in Switzerland is the most severe penalty under Swiss penal law. It may be imposed for murder, genocide, qualified hostage-taking and...

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Abortion in Rwanda
Sabtu, 2025-10-18 07:43:07

legality of abortion, illegal and unsafe abortions are common. Rwanda's 1977 penal code permitted only therapeutic abortions approved by two physicians. In...

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Cadena temporal
Rabu, 2025-03-19 13:41:11

provided for was the Philippine legal system. This was a result of the Spanish Penal Code of 1870, which was adopted due to the country having been a Spanish...

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California Consenting Adult Sex Act
Selasa, 2025-08-26 22:56:36

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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Patrick Logan
Minggu, 2026-05-17 09:06:07

1830) was a Scottish army officer who was the commandant of the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement from 1826 until his death in 1830 at the hands of Aboriginal...

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History of the Falkland Islands
Selasa, 2026-05-12 07:17:26

raid by the USS Lexington. An attempt made by Argentina to establish a penal colony in 1832 failed due to a mutiny. In 1833, the British returned to...

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Age of Consent Act, 1891
Kamis, 2026-03-26 01:00:06

to criminal prosecution as rape. The act was an amendment of the Indian Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure, Section 375, 1882, ("Of Rape"), and...

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Marko Gudžulić
Jumat, 2026-02-06 22:52:53

February 2025). "Nepoznati srpski golman nema ni Vikipediju, a odbranio je penal zvezdi Benfike: Dobro zapamtite njegovo ime". Telegraf.rs. Marković, Mirko...

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Section 178 of the Penal Code of Iceland
Jumat, 2025-12-26 09:28:30

Section 178 of the Penal Code of Iceland was an article of the 1869 Penal Code of Iceland that criminalized "unnatural sexual relations" and was functionally...

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