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Time off for good behavior - Why Pope Francis changed Vatican's City criminal code 

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The Pillar
Feb 17, 2021
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Pope Francis on Tuesday made a change to Vatican City’s criminal sentencing policy, and its procedure for holding criminal trials.

The change will affect how criminal trials are conducted, and how convicts serve their sentences. It comes as prosecutors gear up to bring financial investigations to court, and after the conviction of the former head of the …

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