Case preparation: US officials train Pakistani prosecutors

Most suspects are able to get acquitted due to a lack of adequate case preparation by government prosecutors.

ISLAMABAD: Officials from the United States Department of Justice and the US embassy’s Office of Narcotics Affairs completed a week-long training workshop for Pakistani prosecutors on “Case Preparation and Trial Skills”.

The programme examined how prosecutors screen, analyse, and handle cases received from the police – from the initial case preparation to the verdict.

Twenty-seven prosecutors from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa participated in the workshop, which was designed to help prosecutors increase their conviction rate.

Most suspects in Pakistan are able to get acquitted due to a lack of adequate case preparation by government prosecutors.

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