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Flawed justice system delivers low conviction rates, Shamila Batohi tells MPs

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In 2018 the number of cases coming to court declined while crime increased, says national director of public prosecutions

National director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi. Picture: ALON SKUY

Batohi told MPs the conviction rate compared with the number of reported cases is about 10%, and even that could be a “generous” estimate. Something must be seriously wrong with the system for the figure to be so low, she said. The NPA’s effect on serious economic crime is evident in the 800 verdict cases in complex commercial crime with 760 convictions, a 95% conviction rate.

 

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