Saturday, June 24, 2006

[Switzerland] Tough prison rules cause legal headache / Swissinfo, 18 June 2006

http://digbig.com/4kpkh
"Lifelong detention is in breach of basic human rights. Parliament is to consider ways of implementing controversial regulations for the lifelong incarceration of dangerous criminals and sex offenders. Voters approved a people's initiative on locking up repeat violent offenders in a nationwide vote two years ago but the authorities have been struggling to present a viable solution."