Criminal populism, excessive use of pretrial detention, increased sentences and “hard-hand” policies do not constitute effective responses to reduce crime and may end up weakening fundamental guarantees, warned on Tuesday national and international jurists gathered at the Sixth International Congress on Constitutional Law and Justice. Experts argued that the response to crime should rest more on prevention, investigative capacity and the intelli…
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Criminal populism, excessive use of pretrial detention, increased sentences and “hard-hand” policies do not constitute effective responses to reduce crime and may end up weakening fundamental guarantees, warned on Tuesday national and international jurists gathered at the Sixth International Congress on Constitutional Law and Justice. Experts argued that the response to crime should rest more on prevention, investigative capacity and the intelli…