Professional Documents
Culture Documents
If you are charged with drugs, then you have no bail. Then you will rot longer. It is hard
to convince the judge that they plated evidence against you. But then, you are acquitted. Eventually,
they will let you suffer first then let you out. That is the name of tha game. Inmade 4, 4years jail 4
due process
Court level variations
exercises of speedy courts
I have my own list of detainess and their hearings. So days b4 the hearings, our court
staff txt to all the parties, reminding them to hearings. I penalize them if they don’t show up.
You should not let bailable offenses clog the jails. Those inmates should have beed
released if they have money. If they stay in jail more than 6 months, they should be released
Challenged courts
We don’t have a list of detainess. We don’t know how long they have been in jail. We
are not concerned because we are prosecutors. That’s the work of the PAO. We rely on the courts data.
It would be nice if we have our own database so we can monitor developments (loose coupling)
You cannot just dismiss a non bailable offense. It is a process, we need to decide based
on evidence. (Due process)
PRISON CALENDAR
5 YEARS 5 MONTHS 9 DAYS
11 HEARINGS
1ST HEARING ARRAIGNMENT
2ND pc
3RD PRE TRIAL
4-11 POSTPONED
AT RISK OF DELAY
RTC 3 YEARS AT RISK
MTC 6 MONTHS AT RISK
Speedy Jail
The relationship with the executive judge is good, we provide them with the information of at
risk inamtes
Challenged jails
The judges in this city are hard to approach. They look at jail guards as inmates. They are
intimidating. They don’t pay attention to out requests. We had been requesting a meeting with them.
Tightly coupled
Coordination among judges, prosec, lawyers and popos
Sharing of data bn jail and the court actors
Exec judges supervision over the trial court judges
Loosely coupled
Leniency
Non-accountability
Passing the buck/responsibility
LAWYERING IS MAKING THE LAW POWERFUL FOR THE POWERLESS – RAYMUND NARAG