27/02/2008  Posted by PMC at 11:27 on 27/02/2008 Comments Off
Mexican Congress approves judicial reforms but refuses to allow warrantless searches

Mexico’s lower house of Congress on Tuesday approved a sweeping judicial reform that would introduce public, oral trials and guarantee the presumption of innocence, but lawmakers deleted a proposal to allow police to search homes without a warrant.In the 462-6 vote with two abstentions, legislators approved the reform bill, which would also allow information from recorded phone calls to be used as evidence in criminal cases if at least one of the conversation’s participants agrees. The reform must still be approved by the Senate and then by at least 17 of Mexico’s 31 states. The original proposal, submitted last year, ….Read More

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