quarta-feira, 18 de agosto de 2010

Algo a ser lembrado

Encontrei na legislação norte-americana uma série de regras a serem seguidas para o desempenho adequado da atividade de acusação criminal nos Estados Unidos. Merece destaque a Rule 3.8:


Model Rules of Professional Conduct

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Rule 3.8 Special Responsibilities Of A Prosecutor

The prosecutor in a criminal case shall:
(a) refrain from prosecuting a charge that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause;
(b) make reasonable efforts to assure that the accused has been advised of the right to, and the procedure for obtaining, counsel and has been given reasonable opportunity to obtain counsel;
(c) not seek to obtain from an unrepresented accused a waiver of important pretrial rights, such as the right to a preliminary hearing;
(d) make timely disclosure to the defense of all evidence or information known to the prosecutor that tends to negate the guilt of the accused or mitigates the offense, and, in connection with sentencing, disclose to the defense and to the tribunal all unprivileged mitigating information known to the prosecutor, except when the prosecutor is relieved of this responsibility by a protective order of the tribunal;
(e) not subpoena a lawyer in a grand jury or other criminal proceeding to present evidence about a past or present client unless the prosecutor reasonably believes:
    (1) the information sought is not protected from disclosure by any applicable privilege;
    (2) the evidence sought is essential to the successful completion of an ongoing investigation or prosecution; and
    (3) there is no other feasible alternative to obtain the information;
(f) except for statements that are necessary to inform the public of the nature and extent of the prosecutor's action and that serve a legitimate law enforcement purpose, refrain from making extrajudicial comments that have a substantial likelihood of heightening public condemnation of the accused and exercise reasonable care to prevent investigators, law enforcement personnel, employees or other persons assisting or associated with the prosecutor in a criminal case from making an extrajudicial statement that the prosecutor would be prohibited from making under Rule 3.6 or this Rule.
(g) When a prosecutor knows of new, credible and material evidence creating a reasonable likelihood that a convicted defendant did not commit an offense of which the defendant was convicted, the prosecutor shall:
    (1) promptly disclose that evidence to an appropriate court or authority, and
    (2) if the conviction was obtained in the prosecutor’s jurisdiction,
      (i) promptly disclose that evidence to the defendant unless a court authorizes delay, and
      (ii) undertake further investigation, or make reasonable efforts to cause an investigation, to determine whether the defendant was convicted of an offense that the defendant did not commit.
(h) When a prosecutor knows of clear and convincing evidence establishing that a defendant in the prosecutor’s jurisdiction was convicted of an offense that the defendant did not commit, the prosecutor shall seek to remedy the conviction.

Jornal de Lisboa - Superbactéria não chegou a Portugal

Temo pelo notícia referente a essa superbactéria. E fico me questionando em que mundo estamos a viver. No ano passado, fomos tomados de assalto com termos como gripe aviária, suína...e agora superbactéria, dengue tipo 4.

Hoje é questão de ordem pensarmos em mundo como "sociedade do risco". O mundo não é mais o lugar que imaginávamos seguro para viver e criar nossos filhos. Penso qual será o próximo passo para a humanidade...vivermos em locais distantes do resto das pessoas? uma era Blade Runner?

Em Portugal, a Superbactéria ainda não chegou, mas já assusta:


http://dn.sapo.pt/inicio/portugal/interior.aspx?content_id=1643361

Cass Sunstein tem uma obra recente que merece destaque nesses momentos: "Worst-Case Scenarios"



http://www.amazon.com/Worst-Case-Scenarios-Cass-R-Sunstein/dp/0674032519/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1282154147&sr=8-7

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674032514


Nuclear bombs in suitcases, anthrax bacilli in ventilators, tsunamis and meteors, avian flu, scorchingly hot temperatures: nightmares that were once the plot of Hollywood movies are now frighteningly real possibilities. How can we steer a path between willful inaction and reckless overreaction?



Cass Sunstein explores these and other worst-case scenarios and how we might best prevent them in this vivid, illuminating, and highly original analysis. Singling out the problems of terrorism and climate change, Sunstein explores our susceptibility to two opposite and unhelpful reactions: panic and utter neglect. He shows how private individuals and public officials might best respond to low-probability risks of disaster—emphasizing the need to know what we will lose from precautions as well as from inaction. Finally, he offers an understanding of the uses and limits of cost-benefit analysis, especially when current generations are imposing risks on future generations.



Throughout, Sunstein uses climate change as a defining case, because it dramatically illustrates the underlying principles. But he also discusses terrorism, depletion of the ozone layer, genetic modification of food, hurricanes, and worst-case scenarios faced in our ordinary lives. Sunstein concludes that if we can avoid the twin dangers of over-reaction and apathy, we will be able to ameliorate if not avoid future catastrophes, retaining our sanity as well as scarce resources that can be devoted to more constructive ends.

Vincere, de Belocchio

Aos amigos residentes em Estados em cujos cinemas esteja passando...

As referências são as melhores possíveis,

Falo do filme "Vincere", de Marco Belocchio. Acerca do surgimento do fascismo na Itália. E a figura de Mussolini. Englobando um aspecto de sua vida pessoal com repercussões sobre o futuro político posterior dele e da Itália. O trailler no youtube é muito legal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeaRJxJcp7E

Há outros links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9AxLajyBng&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7lpx9DfowA&feature=related

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