Question NW324 to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
25 March 2019 - NW324
Moteka, Mr PG to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
What was the conviction rate for corruption in the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018?
Reply:
According to the Head of the National Prosecutions Service, although the National Prosecuting Authority does not keep data according to specific crime typologies due to lack of electronic systems, it does record information related to corruption in respect to persons who have been convicted or acquitted. Unlike the normal calculation of conviction rates based on cases, the conviction rate is measured on the number of persons.
Therefore, the 2018 convictions, acquittals and percentages are indicated in the table below:
|
Period |
Persons Convicted |
Persons Acquitted |
Percentage of Persons Convicted |
|
January |
10 |
0 |
100.0% |
|
February |
21 |
3 |
87.5% |
|
March |
28 |
3 |
90.3% |
|
April |
19 |
1 |
95.0% |
|
May |
30 |
0 |
100.0% |
|
June |
39 |
1 |
97.5% |
|
July |
25 |
0 |
100.0% |
|
August |
35 |
1 |
97.2% |
|
September |
36 |
0 |
100.0% |
|
October |
34 |
0 |
100.0% |
|
November |
40 |
0 |
100.0% |
|
December |
15 |
1 |
93.8% |
|
Grand Total |
332 |
10 |
97.1% |