Little information was available on formal criminal justice procedures and practices, and outside access to the legal system was limited to trials for traffic violations and other minor offenses.

——译者进行惩治。正式的刑事司法程序和实践中可以获知的信息非常少，而外界对法律系统的了解也仅限于对违反交通规则和其他轻罪的审判。

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The core measures of criminal summary procedure is to determine the degree of formal court trial through setting procedure of packing up points of dispute before criminal court trial.

刑事简易程序的核心措施也是通过设置刑事庭审前争点整理程序来确定正式庭审的程度。

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"And so,you have all the transgressions which are listed, not just in my report but in many other reports-et cetera persecution,clampdown, collective punishment,torture, arbitrary executions, public executions,et cetera despite various formal guarantees in the constitution and in criminal law."

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The Metropolitan Police launched a "formal criminal investigation" into Savile's alleged offences on 19 October 2012, called Operation Yewtree.

BBC: Jimmy Savile

On Friday, Scotland Yard started a formal criminal investigation in the UK into complaints of abuse and sexual assault by the late entertainer who died in October 2011 aged 84.

BBC: Jimmy Savile

On Friday, Scotland Yard started a formal criminal investigation following up 400 lines of inquiry into complaints of abuse and sexual assault by the entertainer who died in October 2011 aged 84.

BBC: Sir Jimmy Savile