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Senegal: Justice and Class

Written byAlice Backer
Posted 12 December 2006 19 years ago

Blog Politique du Senegal writes (Fr): “A newspaper announces that a court clerk was accused … of usury, fraud and issuance of fake checks… Verdict: 2 months. To think that stealing goats can get you 2 years!”

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