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Imagine being picked off the street, told you committed a murder you know nothing about, and sentenced to 20 years in prison during Kafkaesque trial proceedings with no judge or jury present.<\/p>\n

In 2005, this happened to To\u00f1o Z\u00fa\u00f1iga, in Mexico City. Mr. Z\u00fa\u00f1iga was lucky that two young lawyers obtained a retrial, videotaped it, and made a hit documentary with their footage<\/a>. When Cin\u00e9polis and Televisa put \u201cPresumed Guilty\u201d on cinema and television screens in Mexico, many legal professionals excitedly pointed out that a judge was present in the film\u2019s courtroom, when–owing to the written nature of the proceedings–judges usually weren\u2019t.<\/p>\n

The film solidified the desire for audio and videotaping of trials as a matter of public policy, and helped galvanize the impetus of earlier reformers who had advocated for the adoption of presumption of innocence and an adversary trial system<\/a>. The old justice system began being phased out at the municipal level and by type of crime as early as 2007. However, roughly half of the municipalities implemented the new system (the New Criminal Justice System, or NCJS) between mid-2015 and June 2016, which was the implementation deadline for the nation.<\/p>\n

The World Justice Project (WJP) is now evaluating the changes in crime investigation, prosecution services, and trial procedures under the NCJS. As a first step in this evaluation, the WJP analyzed data from the first National Inmate Survey (ENPOL 2016) conducted by Mexico\u2019s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). This survey was administered to almost 60,000 inmates, and it allows testing the NCJS performance from the user\u2019s perspective and experience.<\/p>\n

Prisoners were asked whether there was a judge present in the courtroom; whether the judge was paying attention to the proceedings and whether the court proceedings were audio or video recorded, among hundreds of other questions.<\/p>\n

WJP created pre- and post-reform groups of inmates using combined data from the inmate survey with the implementation dates of the new justice system at the municipal level. The following charts compare the experiences of inmates tried before and after the reforms were put in place, showing a significant increase in the percentage of hearings that are audio or video recorded, along with judges being present and paying attention during court hearings.<\/p>\n

In order to congratulate the supporters of the reforms, Mexico\u2019s film industry, the moviegoers who supported Presumed Guilty, and the reformers who implemented the change, WJP decided to share the good news in the form of holiday cards, available in both English and Spanish. Download yours at the bottom of the page and share the good news!<\/p>\n

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With NCJS, judges are present during court hearings<\/h3>\n
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This graph compares the experience of inmates who were processed under the old and new criminal justice system, combining information from the National Inmate Survey (ENPOL) and the implementation dates of the New Criminal Justice System (NCJS). Each dot represents the percentage of inmates who were arrested each month, and who reported the judge was present during court hearings\u201calways\u201d or \u201cmost of the time\u201d. ENPOL is the first inmate survey conducted at a national level in Mexico, and was administered during the last months of 2016 to almost 60,000 people. We will soon publish a detailed analysis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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With NCJS, court proceedings are more frequently recorded<\/h3>\n
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This graph compares the experience of inmates who were processed under the old and new criminal justice system, combining information from the National Inmate Survey (ENPOL) and the implementation dates of the New Criminal Justice System (NCJS). Each dot represents the percentage of inmates who were arrested each month, and who reported their court hearings were audio or video recorded. ENPOL is the first inmate survey conducted at a national level in Mexico, and was administered during the last months of 2016 to almost 60,000 people. We will soon publish a detailed analysis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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With NCJS, judges pay more attention during court hearings<\/h3>\n
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This graph compares the experience of inmates who were processed under the old and new criminal justice system, combining information from the National Inmate Survey (ENPOL) and the implementation dates of the New Criminal Justice System (NCJS). Each dot represents the percentage of inmates who were arrested each month, and who reported the judge payed attention \u201calways\u201d or \u201cmost of the time\u201d during their court hearings. ENPOL is the first inmate survey conducted at a national level in Mexico, and was administered during the last months of 2016 to almost 60,000 people. We will soon publish a detailed analysis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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