THE EDITOR, Sir:
THERE HAVE been a recent series of alarming prosecution failures. One such serious failure occurred when men from Canterbury in Montego Bay walked free after allegedly pinning down the police for hours. It is alarming that despite the audacity and publicity of the crime perpetrated no evidence could have been gathered to put these men away.
This surely leaves one to ask about the relationship between the Prosecutors and the police. One gets the impression that very little if any communication takes place between two of the most critical arms of law enforcement in the country.
Criminals escaping because of lack of evidence, prosecutors turning up to court without evidence and judges dismissing cases because the police fouled up is a common occurrence. One would like to know what the process of prosecution is.
BIG GAP
We who did not enter law schools but depend on those who were privileged to would really like to know why there is this big gap in the administration of justice. We would like to know that there are Prosecutors in the justice system who have our interest at heart and will go to the legally allowable lengths to ensure that we get justice. We should not have to worry if the Prosecutors will ensure that the police do the right things, ask the right questions, secure the right evidence and present them in an objective and professional manner. The communication gap needs to be closed.
The citizens of Jamaica deserve more from our Prosecutors. Someone needs to help the police because while they occupy a critical position in the justice system we cannot leave the justice of the country entirely in their hands. Some police are lawyers yes but as seen on TV, a Prosecutor and police see very different things.
I am, etc.,
JOSEPH VASSELL
shottadread@yahoo.com
St. Elizabeth
Via Go-Jamaica
