| Applications received and approved by DLAC in
2012 |
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| Number of applications received |
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| From Prisons |
From Court |
Other sources |
Total applications |
Number of
applications approved |
Proportion of
applications approved |
| Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
Total |
Women |
Men |
Total |
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|
40 |
160 |
200 |
40 |
160 |
200 |
100.00% |
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| Number
of new criminal cases per new DLAC case (2012): |
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| Practitioner
Survey Q 9 - 15 |
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Answer |
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| What is the average time between entering a plea and starting a
trial? |
Depends on case |
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| What percent of accused persons are women? |
Not easy to mention |
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| What are the main offences for which women face trial? |
Narcotics |
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| What proportion of trials
are concluded by way of guilty plea? |
Less than 25% |
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| What proportion of cases end in conviction? |
Very few |
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| What proportion of cases are compoundable? |
Few |
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| What proportion of cases end in settlement? |
Enough (sic) |
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| What is the main challenge legal practitioners face in criminal
proceedings? |
Corruption and the
lack of judges |
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| Among
respondents who had ever been arrested |
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| Q 514. When did
you first see a lawyer? |
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Never |
before arrest |
within the first 24
hours |
within three days |
within a week |
within a month |
I don't remember |
Total |
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% |
n |
|
| Female |
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0 |
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| Male |
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19.4 |
16.1 |
22.6 |
25.8 |
16.1 |
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100 |
31 |
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| PS
Survey, Judiciary Q 8 - 9 |
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| What
proportion of accused are represented by a lawyer at trial |
All |
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| What
proportion of trials end in a Guilty plea in Sessions Court? |
Very few |
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| PS
Survey, Magistracy Q 5 - 7 |
|
| What
proportion of accused are represented by a lawyer at trial |
Most |
|
| What
proportion of accused are women? |
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|
5-10% |
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| What
is the main offence for which women face trial? |
|
Fraud, narcotics |
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| PS Survey, Court Clerks Q 6 - 8 (N: 8 clerks from CJM and DSC) |
|
| What
proportion of accused are represented by a lawyer at trial |
All: 3; Most:4; Very
few: 1 |
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| What
proportion of accused are women? |
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|
More than 10%:
2;5-10%: 1; Less than 5%: 5 |
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| What
is the main offence for which women face trial? |
|
Narcotics: 5; Dowry:
3 |
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| PS
Survey, Lawyers at Court Q 9 - 11 |
|
| What
proportion of accused are represented by a lawyer at trial |
Most[1] |
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| What
proportion of accused are women? |
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|
More than 10% |
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| What
is the main offence for which women face trial? |
|
Assistance in dowry
demand/claim |
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| Paralegal
Cases |
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| Year |
Overstay |
|
Bail |
Legal Clinics |
Individual Help |
Juveniles |
Referral |
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| Overstay prisoners released |
Number
of people released on bail: |
Number
of people attending legal clinics: |
Number
of people receiving assistance on an individual basis |
Number
of children (<18) receiving assistance |
Number
matters referred to a lawyer |
|
| Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
Girls |
Boys |
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| 2012 |
9 |
130 |
6 |
91 |
89 |
712 |
27 |
567 |
0 |
1 |
95 |
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