Judge gives prisoners tips on early release-Mumbai-Cities-The Times of India
In a unique initiative, probably the first of its kind in the country, a sitting judge of the Bombay high court visited the high security
Arthur Road jail on Sunday and interacted with its inmates, asking them to take advantage of the recently introduced concept of plea bargaining and walk out of jail without waiting for a lengthy trial. (via Judge gives prisoners tips on early release-Mumbai-Cities-The Times of India).
Scarcely … a week goes by …
With the world’s lowest police to population ratio a prison population which is again the lowest in the world, India is indeed different in its crime management. And the credit for this goes to the millions of people, the police, the judges who have centuries of tradition behind them.
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