KINGSTON vans old skool blanche cuir , April 18 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican cabinet is reviewing a new act where criminals can expect significant discount in sentences if they confess their guilt to the court at an early stage.

The Criminal Justice Act, which was tabled to the cabinet on Friday, states that defendants, who wish to plead guilty to their offenses on ""the first relevant date,"" will be awarded of up to 50 percent discount in sentences.

The first relevant date vans old skool noir fleur , according to the act, refers to the first date on which the defendant is brought before the court after the prosecution has made adequate disclosure to the defendant.

Sentences for defendants, who plead guilty after the first relevant date, but before the start of the trial, may also be reduced by 15 to 35 percent.

Even if the trial procedure is started vans old skool noir femme , according to the act, a 15 percent discount in sentence can still be proposed, as long as the defendant pleads guilty before the verdict is made.

Justice Minister Mark Golding said ""the discount applies to crimes such as non-capital murder, shooting and rape, but is not available to capital murder or repeat vans old skool noir , multiple murder.""

""The reduction will be greater the earlier in the criminal justice process that the guilty plea is indicated,"" the minister said when he proposed the act.

The act came with deteriorating security conditions in Jamaica. The island, whose population is under 3 million, witnessed more than 320 murder cases up to date this year, the highest in the past five years.

" Liu Xiangcelebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the men's 110 hurdles final at the 2004 Olympic Games in this Aug 27 http://www.oldskoolsolde.fr/ , 2004 file photo. [PhotoIC]

Star hurdler Liu Xiang's retirement, announced officially on his micro blog on Tuesday, brings to an end an era of outstanding Chinese athletes who demonstrated the country's ability to excel on the world stage.

He leaves a massive void, as no new crop of exceptional sports stars has emerged to continue the momentum that he and other greats unleashed.

Liu shared the international sporting spotlight with iconic figures such as basketball hero Yao Ming and tennis star Li Na. Their groundbreaking feats saw China standing high as a top sporting nation, but experts say such scenes may be over for the time being.

"In the next few years vans old skool haute pas cher , there might not be any athlete who can fill the big shoes left by Liu, Yao and Li and excel as they represent China in mainstream global events," Tan Jianxiang, a sports sociology professor at South China Normal University, told China Daily on Tuesday.

"Boasting a combination of athletic prowess vans old skool pas cher , international influence and marketing value, the three stars earned a level of recognition for Chinese sports at the highest level that their predecessors never achieved.

"Now that they have all retired, China's sporting leaders have to reflect on their careers and consider an adjustment to the system for developing talent to produce future stars."

Liu has been struggling to return to fitness since he pulled his Achilles tendon at the 2012 London Olympics.

He said in a statement posted on his micro blog: "I am officially retiring today to say goodbye to my beloved tracks and hurdles. It's a well-considered decision but a hard one to make. I've tried all my best to recover from the injury over the past two years since the 2012 London Olympics, dreaming that I could start over again.

"But my foot denied my attempts over and over again. I realized I couldn't withstand the high intensity for training and racing. I hate my foot as much as I love my track and my hurdles."

Liu was the first athlete to prove that Chinese sportsmen could compete against their Western counterparts in mainstream events when he won the 110m hurdles gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics in 12.91 seconds.

The image of him leaping on top of the podium while raising the Chinese national flag at the presentation ceremony is one of the most memorable moments in China's sporting history. His inspiring achievement gave his fellow sportsmen and sportswomen the confidence to challenge the world's best.

Adam Zhang, a sports researcher and founder of the Key-Sports consultancy Acheter Chaussures Nike Air Max Plus TN Ultra Blanche Pas Cher , said, "The biggest legacy of Liu's career is that he showed that Asian athletes could succeed in sprint events and inspired a generation of not only athletes but ordinary Chinese people to be more confident in international competition."

A similar impact was made by Yao's National Basketball Association supremacy and Li's two Grand Slam singles wins.

Tan said the three stars' combination of confidence and straightforward personalities broke the stereotype of colorless Chinese athletes.

"In this regard, none of the active athletes have matched what they did so far," he said.

However, Liu's career was tarnished by a lack of transparency over his fitness and concerns about the influence of commercial considerations.

Mark Dreyer Acheter Chaussures Nike Air Max TN Plus Homme Noir Grise , an observer of Chinese sport, said, "The fact that he lined up at both the 2008 and 2012 Olympics while far from fully fit raises uneasy questions about the role of his sponsors behind the scenes."

According to Chinese media reports, the State track and field administration had signed 17 endorsement deals worth a total of 100 million yuan ($16 million) for Liu before the 2012 Games. If he had not appeared the administration would have had to pay a penalty of as much as much as 300 million yuan.

However, Liu said in his microblog statement on Tuesday: "My life has been full of dramas. Even knowing that I would possibly hurt myself Chaussures Homme Nike Air Presto Safari Noir Jaune Pas Cher , I was determined to race in London as I don't want to be called a coward or the guy who escaped at the last minute."

Dreyer said: "Liu's triple triumphs of becoming Olympic champion, world champion and world record holder in his prime from 2004 to 2007 can never be taken away.

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