Something very exciting has happened within the Mexican Judicial System recently. The revelation is that Mexico has just adopted U.S. style public trials and are now implementing “innocent until proven guilty”. Although this sounds very promising, I’m not exactly convinced yet, Mexico’s history is filled with instances of corruption and lack of integrity in the government. So we’ll see how this plans out but I will admit it is a very good start. An optimistic quote from this article is: “This is perhaps the most important reform to the criminal system that Mexicans have had in a long time,” Calderon said after signing the amendment. Which is nice because it shows the president is acknowledging that reform is a necessity in the criminal system. The changes supposedly have a deadline of implementation which is 2016 – quite far off in the distance. Nonetheless, its definitely a step in the right direction and shows that despite the differences in political ideology between Mexico and the U.S., Mexico still sees the U.S. as a role model in some aspects. The article is available here for more information: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g1b3ovVjcz0RztEKCyuIA5rFS9AgD91C15HG0 . I’m excited to see where this will go, and if Mexico is really taking a turn for the better.
June 19, 2008 at 8:33 pm |
I think this is a great idea that Mexico is trying to implement US like judicial systems. For a long time Meico has been thought of as a country run by a corrupt governenment. I am not sure of what the judicial system was like before but I am eager to see how this policy will impact Mexican criminals and the crime rate.
June 19, 2008 at 11:37 pm |
I agree with you in how the idea of “proven until guilty” in Mexico is a little iffy. I just dont think they can properly hold trials. I dunno, i am hopeful however, i think that this is a great start for those in Mexico and def gives them a better future so that hopefully corruption and all decreases. I am glad to see tho that these types of steps are taking place, not so they can be like the US, but to better their people and future of Mexico.