Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube
No legal system is safe in a place where there are no truly terrifying safegaurds against bribery. IIRC, most places in South America haven't reached that point yet.

It really comes down to who is more reliable? A single judge, or many jurors?
I say that's more realiable to have 3 judges for court, like we've here.
But you're assuming wrong that the problem is for bribery. The functionaries don't even need that here, they receive oversalaries and buy great houses and cars . The problem is mostly focused on the catholic tradition, the political influence (mostly because they are afraid of the mob that waits outside to linch them -yes linch them- and the president encourages them to do that), in the laws (wrong written, too many holes) and in a minor set of cases due to religion. But prooved bribery is insignificant.