Workshop: Learning about case preparations, trial skills

27 prosecutors from K-P learn about common mistakes in prosecution.


April 30, 2011

ISLAMABAD:


Twenty-seven prosecutors from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa studied about case preparation and trial skills at a week-long workshop that concluded here on Friday.


The workshop examined how prosecutors screen, analyse and handle cases received from the police – from the initial case preparation to the verdict. The participants learnt about basic rules of case analysis, evidence, advocacy techniques, trial strategy, witness preparation, oral argument and witness examination, to help them improve their case preparation.

Two US government federal judges, two prosecutors, two police officers, and three Pakistani defence counsel provided instructions during the workshop.

The participants were also briefed on issues commonly found in prosecutors’ practice – suggestive or inadequate identification, gaps in police investigations and missing documentation. On the last day, all participants participated in mock trials.

Prosecutors from Sindh will participate in a similar workshop next month, while those from Punjab have already received the training.

The workshop was organised by the US Department of Justice and the US Embassy’s Office of Narcotics Affairs.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 30th, 2011.

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