My
personal reflection during the OSIWA project has been intriguing,
educative and somewhat disheartening. I once thought that the criminal
justice system was perfect and was put into perfect procedures..but
visiting the prisons and the court rooms told another different story in
its entirety.
The case i handled was a civil case involving a
meagre amount of money which cost the defendants (3) months in jail..no
courts date or sitting nor freedom to the outside world..after so many
returns to court just to seek redress and bail finally yielded results,
they were granted bail and finally let out of the prisons..
I
was finally relieved that they finally got access to justice but so many
of them are still in prisons for offenses which could have been treated
and redressed with community labour or small jail terms..with the
support of NULAI and various law clinics we hope the system will be
balanced and address the wrongs it ought to have addressed.
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