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South Africa Justice For Sale: Criminals Pay To Avoid Trial, Records
July 06, 2025 - Hundreds of thousands of people charged with crimes are paying their way out of criminal records in deals brokered by prosecutors in court hallways, according to a report/ . Out-of-court settlements in criminal cases have become commonplace in an attempt to clear court backlogs and save the state the cost of a trial. Some 150,000 cases were settled in a year in the South Gauteng region, an overview by Africa Criminal Justice Reform (ACJR) showed. But legal experts warn that the “perverse incentive” of money allows the rich to buy their way out of trial and conviction. They argue that prosecutors and lawyers mediating criminal cases undermine justice and can lead to “manipulation and coercion.”...
New Product. Is There A Global Criminal Record Database Search
June 27, 2025 - New Product. A Global Criminal Record Database Search Who hasn't been pitched to use (for a fee) a Global Database Search for International...
What You Need To Know Before Scraping EU Websites
June 14, 2025 - Web scraping in the EU offers scale and speed but comes with legal complexity, especially around GDPR, database rights, and terms of service. Risk...
Processors and Controllers Beware - GDPR fines the Controller
June 09, 2025 - GDPR ALERT >This article seems to answer a lot of Processors and Controllers concerns and questions. The Spanish Data Protection Authority (...
European Criminal Court Hierarchies
June 05, 2025 - Here's a list with criminal court hierarchies, generally from lowest to highest instance This list focuses on ordinary criminal courts and...
This NZL Law Aims To Give People With Criminal Convictions a ‘Clean Slate’. It’s Not Working
May 29, 2025 - If you own a business, would you be willing to hire a person who has been convicted for a crime? Give them a chance when a background check shows t...
New Visa Rules In UK May Mean Trouble For Many Musicians
May 28, 2025 - The rollout of the UK’s Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme for non-visa nationals means that more creative artists seeking entry to...
Hundreds of Netherlands Criminal Convictions Undermined by Admin Errors
May 25, 2025 - Serious administrative failings in the justice system have allowed hundreds of criminal convictions to be registered under the wrong name, r...
How To Find Mexico Courts and Their Contact Information
May 20, 2025 - How To Find Mexico Courts and Their contact information: Search Online: Use a search engine (like Google) and search for the full na...
Things your criminal record provider would never provide to you- Jamaica
May 17, 2025 - This free booklet on cross references of Jamaica's towns, cities, villages and communities...
Things your criminal record provider would never provide to you - Puerto Rico
May 16, 2025 - "Things your criminal record provider would never provide to you." This free book...
Links to Free Searches of EU National Business Registries
May 09, 2025 - As of June 2017 the business registers of all EU countries have been interconnected and become searchable. You can get information about compan...
About Germany Criminal Courts - Good Read...
May 06, 2025 - About Germany Criminal Courts - Good Read... The hierarchy of German criminal courts within the ordinary jurisdiction progresses from the Local...
All About Japan Civil Court Record Seaches for Background Checks
April 12, 2025 - First - Japan’s District Courts handle the first instance of most types of civil and criminal cases. They are situated in 50 locations...
The Hierarchy of the Thailand Criminal Court
April 10, 2025 - The hierarchy of the Thailand Criminal Court, as part of the broader "Courts of Justice" system, follows a three-tiered structure:...
Thai Government Introduces Changes to Streamline Criminal Record Check Process
April 09, 2025 - The website offers services such as verifying eligibility under the “Erase Records, Clear Crimes, Restore Life” project, targeting indi...
Understanding the Hierarchy of the Criminal courts in Indonesia
March 08, 2025 - The Indonesian criminal court hierarchy, within the broader Indonesian judicial system, primarily revolves around the "General Courts" (P...
Understanding the hierarchy of Belgian criminal courts
March 06, 2025 - Understanding the hierarchy of Belgian criminal courts involves recognizing the structure of the Belgian judicial system as a whole. Here's a b...
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