Brussels, 04/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - Any judge in the European Union will soon be able to take the legal past of a criminal into account if the criminal in question has already been convicted in a different Member State.
On Monday in Brussels, Justice ministers gave their approval during a Justice and Home Affairs Council to a framework decision guaranteeing that national judicial bodies take into account convictions made in other Member States. It is still the case that the law in almost...