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Cuba’s penal code sets the minimum legal age of criminal responsibility at 16.
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Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
The gang leaders are being tried in an open hearing at an Organized Crime Court under a 2023 reform of El Salvador’s penal code.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Capital punishment has always been part of the penal code, but with the exception of Eichmann in 1962, it has never been used.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026
Nicolaysen and other attorneys had argued at trial the stalking charge was impossible to prove since the federal penal code requires a defendant to engage in a pattern of behavior to be guilty of the crime.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2026
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Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
The gang leaders are being tried in an open hearing at an Organized Crime Court under a 2023 reform of El Salvador’s penal code.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Capital punishment has always been part of the penal code, but with the exception of Eichmann in 1962, it has never been used.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026
Nicolaysen and other attorneys had argued at trial the stalking charge was impossible to prove since the federal penal code requires a defendant to engage in a pattern of behavior to be guilty of the crime.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2026
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“Penal code.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penal%20code. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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