Crumbs of Justice
A mother accused of stealing a few slices of bread has been jailed for a month. Justice in this nation is far from realization.
January 12, 2010
"JUSTICE and the law are distant cousins...they are not even on speaking terms.” This line was spoken by a South African lawyer (played by Marlon Brando) to his client, who was demanding justice over the death of his son, a school messenger. The line in the movie A Dry White Season has been widely quoted ever since, because the law often fails to provide justice.
The sentence imposed on a laborer accused of stealing a cake in Pasuruan, East Jav
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