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Iran executes in public a serial rapist convicted in dozens of cases

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Iran executes in public a serial rapist convicted in dozens of cases

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian man convicted of raping dozens of girls over the previous 20 years has been executed in public, the nation’s state media reported on Wednesday. The state-owned IRAN newspaper stated Mohammad Ali Salamat was hanged after Iran’s Supreme Courtroom confirmed his demise sentence earlier in October. He was put to … Read more

Courts in UK may permit companies to be convicted of crimes even when no individual employee is criminally liable

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Courts in UK may permit companies to be convicted of crimes even when no individual employee is criminally liable

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Due to loopholes that remain despite recent reforms to corporate criminal law in the UK, University of Surrey academics are calling for a new legal approach that could hold companies accountable for economic crimes, even when no single employee possesses the complete mental state required for a conviction. In cases where … Read more