Denying suspects bail could cost Gov’t- DPP
Friday, June 03, 2022 | 340 Views |

Suspect PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
The release of suspects by the courts more especially in criminal cases has been regarded as a serious community threat. This has angered the public and many have felt it is not safe to release a suspect without proper supervision.
The main concern for the public is that suspects are released on bail, leaving them free to keep committing the same crimes over and over without any consequences. The law enforcement agencies also cry foul that they continue to investigate serious crimes and arrest suspects, only for the latter to end up back on the streets a few days later. Last month the DIS director-general, Peter Magosi applauded the police for doing a wonderful job but decried that those efforts are frustrated by the courts as they continue to release suspects on bail. This matter was a subject of debate again as the Attorney General (AG) appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) this week.
Here in Botswana, we have many single-parent households, mostly female-led, so what does that suggest? That some fathers choose to ditch the responsibility of caring for their children and leave them to the ones who carry them during pregnancy to do the heavy lifting.Of course, in other dynamics, there are instances where the father wants to keep the baby and the would-be mother does not want to, hence the saying ‘whose body is it anyway’.In...