Turbo Trials Planned For Those Caught Red-Handed
Bandits, killers and other criminals caught in the act will be tried more quickly after legislators passed a law to speed up the process, the government announced Tuesday.
The bill, approved Monday by a lawmaking body of the Legislative Assembly, puts courts to work longer hours and weekends in a pilot plan to fulfill the demand of mounting cases in a country in which crime has become a real concern.
According to several media reports, the courts will be able to hold swift trials to charge suspects after such everyday incidents as cell-phone and jewelry theft.
Cases will close “in a matter of a few hours or a few days,” Judge José Manuel Arroyo told reporters, adding that justice would not be compromised, as the system will “strictly uphold the right to due process and to preparing a defense.”
Facebook Comments
You may be interested
Costa Rica
4 views
Costa Rica
4 views
Costa Rica allocates $3.35 million for port infrastructure in Limón
Alejandro Zúñiga - May 20, 2019The Atlantic Port Authority (JAPDEVA) will manage more than $3.35 million as it explores four projects to support the economy…
News
34 views
News
34 views
Phones made by Huawei impacted by U.S. blacklist
Alejandro Zúñiga - May 20, 2019By some estimates, Huawei smartphones are the most popular brand in Costa Rica. But the hundreds of thousands of Costa…
Arts & Culture
27 views
Arts & Culture
27 views
Sofía Quirós directs the first feature film from Costa Rica at Cannes
Esther Sanchez / AFP - May 20, 2019With a tale about the struggles of a teenager, in which death is like a “game,” the director Sofía Quirós…
