Present justice system invites abuse: Mozena

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena feels existing justice system in Bangladesh can be misused and so needs change. ‘In Bangladesh and throughout South Asia, justice traditionally has relied largely on confessions by the perpetrator,’ Mozena said on Wednesday. ‘This system (confessions) invites abuse as the agents of justice have a great incentive to force confessions from alleged perpetrators leading the courts to throw the case out,’ Dan Mozena said. He said this often leads to ‘a miscarriage of justice’ and erodes public confidence in the judiciary. Mozena stressed on collecting, processing and presenting evidence in a way that a case stands ‘credibly’ in the court. The US envoy was speaking at a seminar on death investigations at the Detective Training School in Dhaka on Wednesday. The seminar brought together police, firemen, forensic specialists, prosecutors and judges along with American experts to discuss the topic, according to bdnews24.com.