Israeli military courts 'have 99% conviction rate'

[FarCenter]

AFP - Israeli military courts in the West Bank have a 99.74 percent conviction rate for Palestinians brought before them, according to data published by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Tuesday.

The newspaper, citing data from an annual military courts report, said military courts in the West Bank heard 9,542 cases in 2010, including over 2,000 involving "hostile terror activity."

Of those 9,542, just 25 resulted in full acquittals -- a conviction rate of 99.74, the newspaper said. But in four percent of all the cases heard, the defendant received a partial acquittal on one or more charge, it added.

The data also showed military tribunals overwhelmingly granted requests for administrative detention of Palestinians, approving 98.77 percent of the 714 requests received in 2010.

http://www.france24.com/en/20111129-israeli-military-courts-have-99-conviction-rate

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Will the Senate bill make our courts as efficient as the Israeli ones?

[teddy51]

1. That really surprises me actually, I thought it should have been 100%, hands down. n/t

[izquierdista]

2. Do they weigh the defendant against a duck?

Or press them with heavy stones?

[Response]

4. If that doesn't work they dunk them in a well for a while.

[TheWraith]

3. Am I surprised? Not at all.

I doubt they really give much of a shit about wrongfully accused Palestinians.