India to revise colonial-era penal code and toughen laws protecting women | India | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/14/india-laws-protecting-women-review-penal-code

"At present, infinite adjournments are allowed by the legal system. The courts are clogged with 47m cases. There are instances of relatives of murder victims dying before trials are completed, while in other cases, witnesses grow old and die before they can give testimony."

#India #LegalSystem #PenalCode

Sedition law is not gone, it’s set to be more draconian

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, brought to replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, could make the current sedition law wider but without the safeguards that courts have created so far.

#BNSBill #IPC #PenalCode #sedition #DraconianLaws #repression #protests #sovereignty #rights #CivilRights #BJP #hindutva #india

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/sedition-law-is-not-gone-its-set-to-be-more-draconian-8889139/

“It’s not quite pro bono, but it’s low bono.” — Ceasar McDowell, co-founder of Unite the People (a Long Beach nonprofit that provides affordable legal services)

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-29/she-didnt-pull-the-trigger-for-a-robbery-but-spent-32-years-in-prison-now-shes-free

#crime #parole #penalcode #prison #ranzamarshall #unitethepeople