Thread: Mexico Holds First Public Trial in 75 Years

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•Nuevo León became the first Mexican state to authorize oral trials in 75 years after a year of consultations with justice officials, legal scholars and citizens groups.

•Oral trials are part of legal reforms that include a more open freedom of information act and the addition of new crimes to the criminal code – such as declaring bankruptcy in order to avoid paying child support.

•For now, oral trials are limited to relatively minor crimes including manslaughter, medical malpractice and negligence. But their expected success should allow their application to spread, officials said.

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•Nuevo León became the first Mexican state to authorize oral trials in 75 years after a year of consultations with justice officials, legal scholars and citizens groups.

•Oral trials are part of legal reforms that include a more open freedom of information act and the addition of new crimes to the criminal code – such as declaring bankruptcy in order to avoid paying child support.

•For now, oral trials are limited to relatively minor crimes including manslaughter, medical malpractice and negligence. But their expected success should allow their application to spread, officials said.