Slow pace of justice worsening

For the longest time, the justice system in the Philippines was said to crawl at a turtle’s pace. Now, that situation has worsened to a very old snail’s pace.

There are cases that few are aware of, just as there are cases that are known to all. The Maguindanao massacre, for one, occurred more than four years ago, and the only justice that the families of the victims can look forward to is for the principal suspects to die of old age while remaining incarcerated.