Current Affairs First new criminal code since 1950s thrown out after meeting resistance across political spectrum

22-03-2006 14:52 | Ian Willoughby

There has been a lot in the news in the last couple of years about proposed changes to the Czech criminal code. There were plans to lower the age of consent and criminal responsibility, the propagation of communism was going to become illegal, and even a suggestion that euthanasia might be allowed. But not now - after over a decade of preparation, the new criminal code has been thrown out the window, after meeting resistance from across the political spectrum.

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