Rob, I agree wholeheartedly, but as we all know, accountability is a word that does not exist in the vocabulary of law-makers and until such time that it gets returned to it's rightful place in that book, we shall never see the wheel of justice turning like a well oiled machine,..ever
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Gaylard" <[email protected]> To: "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 12:02 PM Subject: [obsnw] Re: Court date! > > Of course you're right, Johnny, but in the absence of publicly > available stats from the Police and the Justice Dept, perhaps tracking > particular cases is a way to start! Do people remember the dramatic > front page article in the Cape Times of August 14 2008 showing our > Deputy Justice Minister apparently tearing his hair out in despair and > frustration, alongside the headline, 'Minister's Crime Bombshell'? > Among the points he made was that a staggering 660 000 dockets were > 'thrown out' in 2007. This was in spite of the fact that in over 70% > of the cases 'the perpetrators were known'. What is our success rate > with murders? We don't know! 'It was impossible to say of the 18 000 > murders that happened 5 years ago, what became of them.' > What can we do? There is an election coming up and we can ask > political parties what proposals they have to do something about what > is an obviously dsyfunctional criminal justice system. And we can vote > accordingly, and try to hold whoever is elected to their election > promises. > Rob > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.285 / Virus Database: 270.11.39/2038 - Release Date: 04/02/09 19:07:00 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
