Absolute fear EDITORIAL 12/18/2009

Absolute fear EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 12/18/2009 The cop out of Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 84 Judge Luisito Cortez from the multiple murder case against suspected massacre artist Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. mirrors the desperate state of the justice system in which arbiters of law on whom the people rely for justice, are either cowed by criminals or syndicates or are easily bought off. The courts have been embroiled in many other situations that cast a cloud on the reputations of most judges in the country, including the recent tussle about big business bribery where, as opposed to the Ampatuan case, judges are on each other’s neck to have the case assigned.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20091218com1.html

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