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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Mexico - 14 July 2017
MEXICO: Trouble with the penal code
A major reform of Mexico’s criminal justice system came into force in June last year, after eight years of preparation. The new procedural criminal code, based on an accusatory system and on oral trials, was supposed to be fairer, to speed up the administration of justice, and to reduce prison overcrowding. But one year after its introduction, judges, police, and Mexico’s state governors are in sharp disagreement over how it is progressing.
