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  2. Age of criminal responsibility - Wikipedia

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    16 is the standard age of criminal liability in Belarus. Minors between 14 and 16 years old are responsible only for certain severe crimes, according to article 27 of the Belarusian Criminal Code. Belgium: 12 [37] Belize: 7 [38] Benin: 13 [39] Bhutan: 10 [35] Bolivia: 14 [40] [41] Lowered in July 2014 from 16 to 14. Bosnia and Herzegovina: 14

  3. Capital punishment in Maine - Wikipedia

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    40-year-old escaped convict, Daniel Wilkinson, was the last person executed in Maine. He was hanged on November 21, 1885 for the murder of police constable William Lawrence. The death penalty in Maine was officially abolished in 1887 after his slow strangulation gave the anti-death penalty movement in Maine enough support.

  4. List of punishments for murder in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Death (aggravating circumstances), natural life imprisonment, or 25 years to life (only an option if the defendant was under 18) Premeditated First Degree Murder Death (aggravating circumstances), natural life imprisonment, or 25 years to life (only an option if the murder occurred before August 2, 2012, or the defendant was under 18)

  5. Why has Illinois released hundreds of prison inmates earlier ...

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    Michelle L. Laux was 31 when she was found beaten to death along a rural Clinton County road in 1993. ... Under Illinois law, those ordered to serve prison time can be required to serve 50%, 75% ...

  6. Murder in Illinois law - Wikipedia

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    Illinois has four different homicide crimes in total, with first-degree murder being the most serious offense. Illinois law defines first-degree murder as when a person intends to kill, intends to inflict great bodily harm, or knowingly engages in an act that has a strong probability of death or great bodily harm for another individual, causing a person's death. [2]

  7. How To Report On Jail Deaths - The Huffington Post

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    Sometimes, news outlets do not follow up after the death is announced, which means little is known about the results of the internal investigation. Ask for any disciplinary letters sent to jail staff members in connection with a death, and look into whether the official cause of death raised questions about protocol or quality of medical care.

  8. Felony murder and the death penalty in the United States

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    Most jurisdictions in the United States of America maintain the felony murder rule. [1] In essence, the felony murder rule states that when an offender kills (regardless of intent to kill) in the commission of a dangerous or enumerated crime (called a felony in some jurisdictions), the offender, and also the offender's accomplices or co-conspirators, may be found guilty of murder.

  9. A 19-year-old disappeared from her Illinois village in 1979 ...

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    Nearly 50 years after the cold case murder of a 19-year-old who went missing from her Illinois village, authorities have identified her killer through new DNA evidence. A 19-year-old disappeared ...