Where is the Justice?

An illiterate grandmother was found guilty of stealing three cacao fruits. This is a tragedy of justice resulting from a rigid application of the law.

November 24, 2009

THERE have recently been two unjust verdicts at two Central Java courts. Minah, a grandmother from the village of Sidoharjo, Ajibarang regency, Banyumas, was given a one-month and 15 days suspended jail sentence or two months probation by judges at the Purwokerto District Court. She had been found guilty of stealing three cacao fruits. In 2005, the Speaker of the Central Java Provincial House of Representatives for the 1999-2004 period, Mardijo,

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