Changes suggested to Penal Code

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In a round table discussion at the Listin Diario offices, several legal and police officials presented a number of possible modifications to the Code of Penal Procedures instituted in September 2004. The Chief of Police, Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin suggested that the police should be given 48 hours to present their case instead of the current 24-hour limit. He also suggested that life sentences could be included in the sentencing options available to the courts, especially for repeat or violent offenders. Presidential legal advisor Cesar Pina Toribio said that a total of 48 different modifications have been suggested to Congress for the legislation now being discussed.

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