“Imagine that a judge is interrogating a prisoner or issuing a summary sentence, and he gets a call from an area 70 kilometers away because there is an urgent matter. The judge and the prosecutor interrupt their work to sit down at the computer and watch how the official presses the button,” the judge continued. For more than a decade, Manuela Martins has been distributing files in Cascais. She always did the act alone. Now the judge and prosecutor should be in the room.
Lawyers can watch if they want. “The system is the same,” the bailiff emphasized. This law came after suspicions fell on the lottery of media processes such as “Operação Marquês”.
Author: Deborah Carvalho
Source: CM Jornal
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