Posted in Law, tagged child abuse, crime on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The court is back in session in the matter of the worst child abuse and sexual torture case in the history of the Czech Republic. Six defendants are charged with several crimes and almost all of them might end up in jail for twelve years. The torture practices included cutting out a piece of flash [...]
Posted in Law, Politics, tagged crime, executive clemency, president on July 11, 2008 | No Comments »
The principle of executive clemency has been criticized in this country ever since the now former president Vaclav Havel started to apply this executive power of his.
President Vaclav Klaus, after he was elected, said he would not overuse it. Well, he doesn’t but the cases are just as questionable as Havel’s.
Mr. Zdenek Kratochvil is a [...]
Posted in Law, tagged child abuse, crime on July 8, 2008 | No Comments »
UPDATE WEDNESDAY, JULY 7
The police are investigating another case of child abuse!! A reportedly mentally ill mother forced her two children to wear dog collars and she tied them to a crib. She ended up in a mental institution, the children are in an asylum home slash orphanage for abandoned children.
The mother of a three [...]
Posted in Law, tagged alcohol, prohibition on July 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Drinking alcohol in public? A misdemeanor charge and a fine of up to CZK 30,000 ($2.100), as the Municipality of the City of Prague announced a list of places where drinking alcohol in public will be banned, the Aktualne.cz news server reports. The list includes ALL subway stations [public areas, not bars], playgrounds or major [...]
Posted in Law, tagged child abuse, crime on July 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Note: back from holidays, regular posting should commence now…
Up to three years in prison. That is the sentence that the pediatrician of the boy named Ondrej faces because she allegedly saw the scars on the boy’s body but she did not report a possible case of child abuse to authorities, which is something pediatricians normally [...]
Posted in Law, tagged child abuse, crime on July 1, 2008 | No Comments »
The case of child abuse and sexual torture that you have been following with TCDW is adjourned and the court should be in session again next week. As any CNN anchor would tell you, don´t go anywhere.
Posted in Law, tagged child abuse, crime on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
CONTINUOUS UPDATE BELOW
This is an update to the worst case of child molestation in the history of this country, a story of two brothers whose mother, other close relatives and friends tortured them.
The court is in session today to hear important witnesses…
The proceeding is beginning to uncover what consequences some post-divorce arrangements - when it [...]
Posted in Law, tagged child abuse, crime, sect on June 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
CONTINUOUS UPDATE BELOW
The court is adjourned till next Tuesday…
Two boys were locked up in a basement with no windows, in cages… and they had to eat their own flesh!!!
The worst case of child abuse in which six people are charged with several crimes (including the mother of the boys and her sister) is in court [...]
Posted in Eh, Czechs, Law, Life, tagged cars, children, howto on June 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Minimum age is a tricky thing.
According to certain American legislation, an American can go to jail for having LEGAL consensual sex abroad with a fourteen year-old, if the age of sexual consent in his home state is fifteen or sixteen.
So, what can Czechs do and when?
15: you can own and ride a small motorcycle, limited [...]
Posted in Law, tagged crime, murder on June 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I said it before and I will say it again: the Czech penal code sucks. Legislators should take the text of the law, go section by section and multiple the sentences for individual intentional crimes one by one…
There is a man from Slovakia who raped and killed a nine year-old boy. And apparently his criminal [...]
