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taking a case to court usually takes 6-8 weeks

this can be because of lack of support for those who cant afford a lawyer

complex and time consuming law system

taking too long to process a court case results in false/inaccurate testimonies

civil cases sometimes take too long and people end up dropping out because of money

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Thursday referred a decision to lift a centuries-old ban on women of menstruating age entering a Hindu temple to a larger bench of judges, delaying a final verdict in the case that has divided opinion.

Some women had defied the traditional ban on entering the temple in the southern state of Kerala, enraging conservative Hindu groups, sparking protests and drawing the Supreme Court into the controversy.

Upholding the right to equality of worship, a five-judge bench of the court last September ruled that the ban on women and girls entering the Sabarimala temple could not be considered essential religious practice and should be lifted.

But many devotees have refused to abide by the ruling and subsequent attempts by women to visit it had been blocked.

Since the Supreme Court's ruling last September, about a dozen women attempted to enter the shrine. Of them, only two succeeded in making into the temple's inner sanctum, escorted by police, according to the Kerala government.

About 60 petitions were filed seeking the re-imposition of the ban. The issue will now be taken up by a larger, seven-judge bench, the Supreme Court said.

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judicial process / court cases / court decisions

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Indian court delays ruling on ban on women entering Hindu temple

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Thursday referred a decision to lift a centuries-old ban on women of menstruating age entering a Hindu temple to a larger bench of judges, delaying a final verdict in the case that has divided opinion.

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corruption is any form of dishonest or unethical behaviour that causes people to act for their own gain

corruption involves bribery in the court to alter how a specific case turns out

we have an unbiased and independent court of law it higher authorities to punish those who disobey the law.

we rely on whistle blowers to tell the truth.

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The Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, an agency which will form part of a future national integrity commission under Morrison government policy, also closed a record high 116 corruption investigations in the year to June compared to 55 the previous year.

"Never before has the case for law reform to protect whistleblowers been more obvious," said Serena Lillywhite, the chief executive of Transparency International Australia.

"Whistleblowers play a key role in exposing otherwise unknown cases of bribery, fraud and misconduct. If they're not protected then Australia loses a very powerful tool in the fight against corruption."

Mr Morrison has dismissed the need for stronger whistleblower protections in the past and has countered the media industry campaign this week, saying "no one in this country is above the law," but Labor is challenging him to admit the need for reforms to curb secrecy.

A coalition of all major media companies hit back at the Prime Minister's claim, comparing the protections sought for journalists to the protection of parliamentary privilege, saying both are "important to democracy".

With the partisan dispute making a consensus in Parliament unlikely, whistleblower advocates face a long fight to reform the law to protect those who speak out against corruption.

Former Australian Tax Office employee Richard Boyle is facing the risk of life in prison after exposing concerns about ATO debt collection practices, while former military lawyer David McBride is facing charges over revelations about the conduct of soldiers in Afghanistan.

Whistleblowers Australia, a group for those who expose misconduct, is seeking a stronger public interest defence for those who are charged with offences such as theft when they release information.

The group's president, Cynthia Kardell, said whistleblowers also need a way to have prosecutions thrown out if those taking them to court - including governments and companies - did not have "clean hands" because of their own misconduct.

Ms Kardell said she had seen an increased appreciation for whistleblowers in the Australian community in recent years but no acknowledgment of this in government ranks.

The ACLEI experienced a small decline in the number of referrals over the past year and only launched 28 new investigations but now has the biggest workload in its history.

The integrity commissioner, Michael Griffin, said the complexity of corruption issues had "increased steadily" and major investigations took years.

"ACLEI has seen examples where the personal circumstances of law enforcement officers, including problem gambling and illicit drug use, have played a significant role in causing them to act corruptly," it said.

"The advent of online gambling markets, available at any time through mobile devices, has meant it has become more difficult to detect problem gambling."

In one case, a former border protection officer was sentenced to five years and six months in jail after pleading guilty to bribing a commonwealth official and dealing with the proceeds of crime.

In another case, a former Home Affairs Department staff member pleaded guilty to accessing restricted data on the department's computer systems 487 times and was sentenced to an 18-month, $1,000 good behaviour bond.

The ACLEI investigates agencies including the Australian Federal Police and the Department of Home Affairs, including the Australian Border Force, but does not examine wider corruption across the public sector.

The Morrison government is proceeding with the plan for a federal version of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in NSW and similar agencies in Victoria and other states, making the ACLEI part of the new commission.

David Crowe is chief political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

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Corruption investigations on the rise as Morrison fends off press freedom calls

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The Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, an agency which will form part of a future national integrity commission under Morrison government policy, also closed a record high 116 corruption investigations in the year to June compared to 55 the previous year.

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trials shared online can cause people to create an impression on whether or not their guilty

people when accused of  crime must be treated as innocent and must be treated as innocent until proven guilty

social media can give a bias that crates an unfair trial

pressure builds on the jury to give the punishments based on a bias given by the media

Example: Lindy Chamberlain had an unfair trial because of bias on The media

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SPRINGFIELD - A federal judge has denied a motion to move what promises to be a high-profile trial involving two former police detectives and a group of teen suspects who stole an undercover police vehicle in 2016.

An attorney for defendant Steven Vigneault argued long-running media coverage of the case would make it impossible to find a pool of impartial jurors.

"Both of these individuals have been tried and convicted in the media," defense lawyer Shawn Allyn argued to Judge Mark G. Mastroianni, referring to his client and co-defendant Gregg A. Bigda, another police officer who remains suspended without pay after the two were indicted late last year.

Judge Mark G. Mastroianni ruled intense media coverage of the case was not enough to move the upcoming trial to a different city.

Mastroianni denied the motion to move the trial, noting that even Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was not granted a change of venue outside that city. The judge said he plans to send out special questionnaires ahead of trial to prospective jurors to weed out those whose opinions may have already been swayed by publicity.

Vigneault, who resigned from the police force, faces a single charge of deprivation of civil rights under color of law (excessive force) in connection with allegedly kicking a teen in the face while he was handcuffed and on the ground on Feb. 27, 2016. Another police witness said Vigneault attacked the boy after a group of Hispanic youths stole the car he left idling outside a pizza shop on Worthington Street.

"Bro, I just kicked that f---ing kid in the face," Vigneault r eportedly told Officer Luke Cournoyer, another officer on-scene that night, though Vigneault denies this.

Bigda faces multiple counts of the same charge - both in connection with also kicking another of the boys after he had been arrested and restrained, plus threatening two of the young suspects during an interrogation at the Palmer Police Department. A high-speed police chase of the stolen vehicle ended in that town.

"Welcome to the white man's world," Bigda barked at one of the juveniles after spitting on him, the teen told investigators, according to prosecutors' account of that night.

Bigda pleaded not guilty to those charges and one count of filing a false police report at his arraignment more than a year ago.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys filed their most detailed allegations of the incident in response to Allyn's motions to move the trial, and for his client to be tried separately from Bigda.

Allyn argued the taint of Bigda - whose profane, threatening interviews of the boys garnered widespread attention when The Republican / MassLive obtained and published the videos - would unfairly extend to his client. He also contends the juvenile's testimony would point the finger at Bigda and Cournoyer as their assailants, not Vigneault.

Mastroianni has yet to rule on that motion.

Cournoyer was a late-coming witness against Vigneault after federal prosecutors offered him a grant of immunity. Allyn has repeatedly belittled Cournoyer's testimony as an artificial "Come to Jesus" moment in recent motions in the case.

In 2018, Cournoyer went before a federal grand jury and testified, saying he had lied for two years to aid in the cover-up of what some Springfield police officials have labeled the "Palmer nightmare."

Cournoyer and Vigneault's ex-girlfriend Gail Gethins, also a police officer, both testified in various venues that Vigneault told them separately he had kicked one of the boys.

Cournoyer remains on the police force, but was demoted from the narcotics unit to the property room.

A pretrial hearing in the case is set for Nov. 25. Both defendants have signaled their intent to take their cases to a jury, though a trial date has not yet been set. They face up to 15 years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines.

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Federal judge denies former Springfield police detective's motion to move excessive force trial out of city

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SPRINGFIELD - A federal judge has denied a motion to move what promises to be a high-profile trial involving two former police detectives and a group of teen suspects who stole an undercover police vehicle in 2016. An attorney for defendant Steven Vigneault argued long-running media coverage of the case would make it impossible to find a pool of impartial jurors.

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police officers follow a range of laws to ensure people are treated fairly

when procedures aren't followed injustice occurs

things such as right to remain silent as the right to an interpreter

the court system might manipulate people with disadvantages into confessing wrongly of an untrue statement.

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Trump asks supreme court to protect his tax returns from subpoenas - live

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President's request sets up landmark cause over presidential authority