Speakers
Workshop Session
The longer the time spent in prison without trial, the more the chance of a fair trial fades; evidence goes stale, witnesses move or disappear, and the pressure on people to plead guilty increases as people wish to put an end to the uncertainty over their future. While legal and paralegal assistance is a key part of the answer, there are other remedies also. For example, there may be scope for diverting certain kinds of cases out of the criminal justice system altogether, so that they are dealt with through restorative processes.