Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said that although he is satisfied that the police are doing a good job at finding the criminals, he is not entirely satisfied with the investigative work being done before the cases go to court.<\/p>\n
“We are fairly satisfied that the police are locating the criminals,” said Ingraham. “We are not totally satisfied with the investigative work prior to the charge – that the work going to court is in accordance with what is required to withstand defense counsel.”<\/p>\n
Too many people have been acquitted of murder charges, in the past several years, due to insufficient evidence.<\/p>\n
Ingraham said the dysfunctional court system is adding to the problem, “Our system, to some extent is not quite functional.”<\/p>\n
“We have huge backlogs of cases notwithstanding the huge resources that have been pumped in the system. There are many things that do not connect.”<\/p>\n
The murder count for 2010 has already exceeded last year’s record, which had exceeded the record set in 2007. With one – historically crime-plagued – month still left in the year expectations are that this year will be a bad one for crime.<\/p>\n
Police and prosecutors have come under intense scrutiny with the continuously and rapidly rising violent crime.<\/p>\n
In 2001 there were 40 murders recorded in the Bahamas, that number has more than doubled within nine years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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