Another important topic that the minister and his team are engaging experts on is the establishment of a witness protection program.
The justice system depends heavily on eyewitnesses to get convictions against accused persons. But, all too often, eyewitnesses who saw a crime and gave police detailed statements implicating the killer, recant that statement when they get on the stand. That's what often causes prosecutions to fail - resulting in all those trials where the accused has "no case to answer.",
At bottom, the witnesses are scared for their own safety - which is a rational fear in a small society where everyone knows where everyone else lives.
We've also reported on cases where it was suspected that witnesses were killed to silence them before they could testify.
The authorities have identified it as a key threat to the justice system, and so, there are ongoing talks about a witness protection program. Here's what the Minister had to say:
