Death from Nitrous Oxide

Nitrous oxide is an inflammable gas that gives no smell or taste. It has a history of abuse as long as its clinical use, and deaths, although rare, have been reported. We describe two cases of accidental deaths related to voluntary inhalation of nitrous oxide, both found dead with a gas mask covering the face. In an attempt to find an explanation to why the victims did not react properly to oncoming hypoxia, we performed experiments where a test person was allowed to breath in a closed system, with or without nitrous oxide added. Vital signs and gas concentrations as well as subjective symptoms were recorded. The experiments indicated that the explanation to the fact that neither of the descendents had reacted to oncoming hypoxia and hypercapnia was due to the inhalation of nitrous oxide. This study raises the question whether nitrous oxide really should be easily, commercially available.     

Why Do People Hang Themselves on Trees? An Evaluation of Suicidal Hangings on Trees in Konya,Turkey, between 2001 and 2008

Hanging is the most common method of suicide in the world, and many public places offer a means or opportunity to carry out the activity. Of 4,452 death examinations and autopsies, there were 378 (8.5%) suicides and suicide method was hanging in 185 (48.9%) cases. In 20 of these (10.8%), the suspension point was the branch of a tree. The incident location was the garden of the victim's house in nine cases, the woodlands in seven cases. The suicides were attributed to psychiatric disorders in nine cases, economic problems in six cases, and family problems in five cases. It is concluded that hanging on a tree as a suicide method is often committed by males and the underlying motive may be different in suicidal hangings on trees occurring at daytime and night. For preventional purposes, the reporting of such suicides in public places by the media may be restricted by local authorities.     

711例道路交通事故死亡案例分析

目的分析711例道路交通事故死亡案例,探讨道路交通死亡事故的特点。方法收集相关市区711例道路交通事故死亡案例,按照死者性别、年龄、死亡原因、死者交通方式等项目分类进行统计分析。结果 711例死者中男性多于女性(2.18∶1),21~60岁占70.6%,气温较低的季节发生交通事故较多,一天中高发时间段为6~8、18~20及23~1时,死者中以非机动车驾乘者和步行者居多,分别占41.4%和29.1%;肇事车辆主要为货车和轿车,分别占38.2%和25.1%;交通事故造成颅脑损伤导致死亡的占损伤致死亡的比例最高(54.7%),联合损伤致死的其次(30.9%)。结论本文数据来源地交通事故造成人员死亡案例的特点,与沿海其他较发达城市的相关调查数据相符,需综合治理以减少相关事故的发生。     

对绑架罪中绝对确定法定刑条款的思考

我国刑法在绑架罪中规定,绑架＂致使被绑架人死亡＂和＂杀害被绑架人＂处死刑。这种绝对确定的法定刑符合罪刑法定的要求,有利于司法的一致性。但是,绑架＂致使被绑架人死亡＂和＂杀害被绑架人＂分别包含不同情形,二者相互之间及其不同情形的主观恶性和社会危害性等不尽相同,根据罪责刑相适应原则,不应当采取完全相同的法定刑。绑架罪中绝对确定法定刑应当进行修改,赋予法官一定的自由裁量权,从而更好地实现司法正义。     

抢劫罪适用死刑的司法控制

法理上将抢劫罪区分为基本类型的抢劫罪、结果加重类型的抢劫罪与情节加重类型的抢劫罪,这种划分符合我国刑法关于抢劫罪死刑设置的原意,且更有利于运用加重构成理论以及其未遂形态来限制死刑的适用。在司法实践中,适用死刑必须严格遵守死刑程序用尽原则。在对抢劫罪进行死刑司法控制时,应遵循罪刑法定原则,综合考虑犯罪嫌疑人的犯罪手段、犯罪动机、犯罪对象等,同时必须考虑其是否存在酌定量刑情节,通过刑事和解结案,不仅可以有效缓解社会矛盾,而且还可以起到限制死刑的作用。     

Enjoy their symptom: of woman,men and other interesting figures in Greek literary texts

Voela and Tamboukou use Slavoj ?i?ek’s notion of the symptom as a lens through which to look at representations of female figures in Greek literary texts of the early twentieth century by Gregorios Xenopoulos. In mapping the construction of the figure of the modern woman in the matrix of discourses, fantasies and power relations of fin-de-siècle Greece, they draw on psychoanalytic insights, interrupted by Foucauldian interventions. Following Judith Butler’s move of making trouble they attempt to open up a dialogic space between psychoanalytic and Foucauldian approaches to the female subject, contextualized in a specific social, historical and cultural milieu. It is in this context that they discuss, first, how feminine and masculine subjectivities are represented in man’s speech; second, how unintended excesses and interruptions occur in the problematic representation of women; and, third, how madness and ultimately death come to play a significant role in the power relations between the sexes.     

交通肇事罪中“因逃逸致人死亡”问题探讨

新刑法对交通肇事罪进行了比较重要的修改,涉及到的“逃逸致人死亡”问题,在理论上争议颇多。本文将交通肇事罪中被害人最终死亡的具体情形一一作了分析、排除,借鉴日本刑法中的有益理论,将“逃逸”行为单独评价,以结合犯观点来理解新刑法中所作的修改。     

略论死刑复核中“发回”案件的重新审判

在重新审判“发回”重审死刑案件的司法实践中,对被告人容易产生有罪推定的倾向、依据补强证据再次适用死刑的倾向和漠视侦控行为合法性的倾向,为此重审法院应杜绝片面依据侦控机关提供的不利于被告人的存疑补强证据,对被告人再次适用死刑;对“事实不清、证据不足型”发回重审的死刑案件,如果经过重审认定的案件事实没有发生重大变化,一般也不宜对被告人再次适用死刑。     

理想人格之丰碑——尼采的“超人”学说解析

本文通过对尼采"超人"学说的分析,揭示了尼采所展现的这种理想的精神超人其真正的意义在于"超人"所表现的积极的悲剧主义精神和伴随着破坏性的伟大的创造性."超人"的真正魅力在于他在悲剧中崛起,在衰败中创造.从而彻底摈弃了叔本华那种追寻涅槃寂灭,灭绝意志,超脱欲望的悲观主义.     

我国死刑执行方式演变考

死刑,是人类社会最古老的刑种。我国死刑的执行方式在人类社会的漫长发展过程中则经历了由野蛮、残酷的报复性惩罚,到文明、人道的人文性惩罚的发展阶段。随着死刑执行方式的不断演变,死刑执行的准确率也由最初的迷信、残暴,进展到如今执行的准确无误。