DELAYS IN PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION AND TRIAL IN THE PHILIPPINES - A STUDY OF THEIR CAUSES AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS (FROM UNAFEI - REPORT FOR 1975 AND RESOURCE MATERIAL SERIES NO 11, 1976 - SEE NCJ-37161)

• NCJ Number: 37164
• Author(s): C P VILLANEUVA
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United Nations

Annotation

THE MAIN CAUSE OF DELAYS IN INVESTIGATION IS THE GREAT INCREASE IN CASES FILED CAUSED BY INCREASED POPULATION AND CHANGES IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS WITHOUT A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN PROSECUTORS AS OF 1975.

Abstract

CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ARE DELAYS IN THE SERVICE OF SUBPOENAS AND INEFFICIENCY OF SOME PROSECUTORS. PROPOSED ARE MORE PROSECUTORS, INCREASED SALARIES, AND STRICTER ADHERENCE TO PROCEDURE. MAIN CAUSES OF TRIAL DELAYS INCLUDE POORLY LOCATED COURTS, SHORT WORKING HOURS, LENIENCY IN GRANTING POSTPONEMENT, INEFFICIENCY, AND BAIL JUMPING.