Judicial corruption perception worldwide

Magistrates and judges are human beings. As human beings, they are exposed to all the temptations that normal human beings encounter.

Those who believe that judges are angels must be living in Alice Wonderland – where a cat is a lion; a triton is a whale and a lizard looks like a crocodile.

It is human to err, the good old adage says. It is human for magistrates and judges to make a mistake such as taking a bribe. 

Rumours about corruption among magistrates and judges remain rumours until they are proved by scientific research. Research raises rumours to the level of perception.

 Perceptions of judicial corruption can be uplifted to a level that is believable through exit polling of complainants and defendants in cases.

Exit-polling results in general elections in the developed countries and elsewhere have been proved by actual results. Other methods can be used to prove corruption among magistrates and judges beyond doubt.