It sucks to be charged of a crime in Georgia!

IT SUCKS From July to December 2012, the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA) attended and monitored 402 criminal proceedings in Tbilisi City courts TO BE CHARGED OF A CRIME IN GEORGIA! WHAT YOUR CHANCES ARE LIKE, IF YOU ARE CHARGED OF A CRIME IN GEORGIA: 82% chance the judge will not explain all of your rights if you ARE NOT a former 23% government official The chances are the prosecutor's motion for imprisonment: if you ARE a former 77% GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL will be granted 73% 27% will not be granted The Prosecution The Defence The chances are, if the prosecution requests bail, the judge will set it equal to the prosecution's requested amount 78% The chances a side will motion to submit evidence during a pre-trial hearing: I will make a motion 100% 30% I will make a motion I will object to the defence's motions 3.7% 12%I will object to the procecution's motions 100% the prosecution's motions 88% the defence's motions I will grant 86% the prosecution's objections the defence's objections 0% CHANCES ARE SEARCH AND SEIZURE WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT A WARRANT 93% CHANCES ARE THEY WILL BE LEGALIZED AFTER THE FACT BY THE COURT 100% CHANCES ARE YOU WILL BE FOUND GUILTY 91% JumpStart Source: Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA), Monitoring Criminal Trials in Tbilisi and Kutaisi City Courts, Report No. 3, July – December 2012