Justice delayed is justice denied
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Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz |
Time and again, the sayings that delay in the administration of justice are in effect the perpetration of injustice. And the same negative perception and critical appreciation become even more aggravating with the thought that such an equation infallibly implicates the Justice department itself. Thus it is that the official purveyor of justice in effect becomes the cause of injustice.
This blatant contradiction cannot but adversely affect the mind-set of the people in general, and especially the victims of injustice — be this personal or institutional.
In such a predicament, the sense and feeling of injustice come from no less than three directions: One, the unjust individual or corporate agent. Two, the unjust social structures and practices. Three, the unjust judicial branch of government.
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100923com8.html
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