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Mr. Shirk said Mr. Peña Nieto had been quietly trying to address judicial reform by pushing for a new federal code of criminal procedure that could help solve the procedural issues that led to Mr. Caro Quintero's release.
Defined at article 178 of the Swiss code of criminal procedure, a "person asked to provide information," includes "a person who cannot be excluded as the perpetrator of or as a participant in the offence under investigation".
Mr. Song's family, lawyers and supporters have complained that he has not yet been allowed to see a lawyer despite repeated requests, a violation of China's code of criminal procedure.
The state code of criminal procedure allowed any Texan with a legal grievance, even a posthumous one, to request a special Court of Inquiry, which could then clear the person's name — not a pardon, technically, but the next best thing.
Though many laws seem overdue for rewriting -- Russia's code of criminal procedure has not been changed since the 1960's -- the problem of weak courts, as well as problems of bureaucratic corruption, will not be solved through legislation alone.
But the government's plan to unify the police forces and create a single national code of criminal procedure was blocked in Congress.Mr Calderón is likely to take up much of this unfinished agenda.
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What has provided hope for something better is that almost two years ago, President Putin pushed through a fairly enlightened code of criminal procedures.
The Saudi delegates said their country had introduced a new criminal code and a new code of criminal procedures, and transferred the authority for its penal correction system to its Ministry of Justice.
They also put the onus on police to do more investigation.Mr Shirk credits Mr Peña with unifying codes of criminal procedures this year so the whole country is governed by the same set of rules.
The bill, which will amend India's penal code and laws of criminal procedure and evidence, was drafted in response to widespread street protests after the fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi in December.
For treatment of the law of criminal procedure, see procedural law: Criminal procedure.
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