Power of DPP to direct magistrate comes into sharp focus at CCJ – -as judges weigh arguments in Bisram case

Section 72 of the Criminal Law (Procedure) Act which empowers the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to order the committal of a murder accused for trial even though a Magistrate may have found no prima facie evidence to so do, came under extensive scrutiny before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday.

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