Several years ago, the Criminal Process Code of the Republic of Lithuania was supplemented with two articles: 9¹ “ Discharge from a Criminal Case or Dismissal of the Case when the Perpetrator and the Victim Reconcile” and ...

Various forms of diversion are used in many European justice system. Their use is aimed at diverting the suspect out of the criminal justice system at the earliest possible stage. The extent to which the prosection service ...

This article examines the universally recognized principle of law that prohibits double punishment for the same crime (non bis in idem). The study singles out the essential elements of this principle developed in the ...

Article 277 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania specifies criminal offenses, which, when violating the rules on combating epidemics or zymotic diseases, endanger human health and, in certain cases, life. Due ...

This article deals with theoretical and practical problems of discretionary power - what are the main factors that are likely to influence the decision–making process of the procesution offices. Two criterias that influence ...

This article continues an analysis of discretional persecution. The public interest, which has been under discussed in Lithuanian literature, is divided into conditional and different structural elements. Three elements ...

This article analyses mechanisms to control discretional prosecution. Discretion without supervision and control may lead to arbitrary decisions. Therefore, the legal system has to implement possibilities for supervision ...

The problems analysed in the article are connected to the victims rights in the end of pre-trial investigation. The analyses of international legal acts on the position of the victim in criminal proceedings points to certain ...

The problems analyzed in the article are connected to the discretionary procesution. The marked tendency of the new Criminal Procedure Code is that there are wide possibilities for terminating the pre-trial investigation ...