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State wants to know why criminals get acquitted
Updated On: 12 January, 2013 05:55 AM IST | | Ravikiran Deshmukh
In a bid to improve the abysmal conviction rate of 8% in the state, the government is planning to form district and state level bodies, oversee the workings of the investigation and prosecution wings, monitor courts and implement witness protection schemes
After facing flak from various quarters for the declining rate of conviction in criminal cases in the state, the government is planning to introduce a slew of changes to the system to restore the public’s faith in the state police machinery as well public prosecutors.u00a0

Pressed into action: Following the low rate of conviction Home Minister RR Patil held a meeting where these major decisions were made. File pic
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