Courts in Bosnia increasingly rely on guilt pleas to speed up trials secure verdicts but many victims groups feel justice is being sacrificed in the name of expediency.
There are some who believe, particularly the victims of war crimes, that the expert analysis of indictees, which decides whether an indictee is fit to stand trial for war crimes before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is in fact an unnecessary drain on budgetary resources and obstructs the court proceedings.
The Trial Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina accepts a guilt admission agreement concluded between the State Prosecution and Pavle Gajic, who is charged with crimes in Bihac.
At a trial for war crimes committed in Bihac municipality, the Defense of Pavle Gajic announced its readiness to discuss a plea bargain with the Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzergovina.
Critics charge State Prosecutors office with keeping hold of low-ranking cases that should go to lower courts - slowing the work of resolving Bosnias top war crimes by 2015 deadline.
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has again postponed the beginning of Pavle Gajic's trial and ordered an additional psychiatric examination of the indictee in order to determine whether his statements about mental problems contain elements of simulation.
The Prosecution of Bosnia and Herzegovina has asked the State Court to extend custody of Pavle Gajic, who is charged with crimes against prisoners of war committed in the Bihac area, but the Defence objects to the motion.
The State prosecution has asked the Court to order one-month custody for Pavle Gajic, former member of the Republika Srpska Army, who is suspected of crimes in Bihac.