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Eyal - I'm going to talk about ways to improve the courts, and in the process talk about service to the citizen. I will talk about two things - shortening trial times and minimum sentences. Vladimir will talk about adding standards and evening shifts, and limiting plea deals.

 Trial times

 Regarding trial times - for those who know, today there are a lot of time-wasting exercises, on both sides. In the case of Katsav, the prosecutor's office was often caught waiting to transfer material to the defense. There are also a lot of defense exercises such as resignations so that the new attorney will ask for time to study the material. 
As the time of the trial lengthens and the torture of the law continues, the citizen loses his trust in the system.
The second issue is minimum sentences. We see many cases of leniency by judges towards criminals. For example, Naomi Blumenthal bribed politicians, and although she was sent to the prison of President Peres Hanan and you are sitting in prison.
Therefore, in order to improve the trust of the citizen, two things must be observed - minimum sentences that will not allow the judges to show mercy to criminals, the second is the shortening of the trial time to improve the satisfaction of the judiciary

Vladimir - will streamline the courts and plea deals

We are talking about improving and streamlining the courts - we are also talking about the issue of adding standards and expanding hours, and also about imposing limitations on plea deals, and I will briefly address the arguments that came up before.
We think that the situation today in terms of the number of judges and hours is a scandal. Legal torture was caused to the defendants, and the need to wait until the judge was freed. The working hours are until 3 and there is no reason why they should not come later, even if it costs more.

The second thing is plea deals - this is a deal that is closed in chambers and a meeting of interests between prosecution and defense. Instead of the court investigating and trying to find the truth, it rubber stamps a deal that is a representation of interests.
We saw an example in the Katsav trial where, instead of examining the facts, he only heard the deal and was found guilty, but there was no examination of the evidence. If they do more than that and invest in the system, it will become more efficient and trust in it will increase.
 

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• Police corruption
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• The fear of corruption is exaggerated
• How to fight organized crime
• How to fight corruption
• How to improve the justice system

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