Human Rights in North Korea - Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

The death penalty, often without judicial process, is administered for a wide variety of political and common crimes. Attempts to escape from the country or from a prison camp within the country may result in execution on the spot. Personnel in the criminal justice system have wide discretion and operate without regard to the formal legal rights of Koreans.

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