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11-30-2007, 03:50 PM
Listin Diario reports that a study conducted in three Dominican provinces reveals that 71% of the population understands that "macuteo" - Spanish for small bribes - takes place in the Attorney General's office and that corruption and extortion practices are commonplace. The study reveals the perception that criminal files are deliberately stored incorrectly so that criminals can walk free. The study was carried out in La Vega, La Romana, and Peravia and reveals that 70.8% of respondents believe that people with money or important positions have special privileges in the judicial system. Accordingly, 52.6% of those polled feel that the Attorney General's offices don't do their job, although 26% said that the offices were doing a good job. The report, Alert and Action, was submitted to Dominican Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena by Foundation for Institutionalism and Justice (FINJUS) president Servio Tulio Castanos Guzman, who said that FINJUS would continue preparing reports in order to reveal the realities of the country's judicial system.
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