Court delays propel corruption.
Richard E. Messick 15, legal consultant and former World Bank lawyer, “Uncorking the bottlenecks: Using political economy analysis to address court delay,” https://www.cmi.no/publications/5847-using-political-economy-analysis-to-address-court
Endemic delay undercuts efforts to control corruption, for it robs the criminal law of its deterrent effect. The one consistent finding across recent reviews of anti-corruption policy is that it is fear of punishment that dissuades public servants from taking a bribe or committing other corrupt acts (Hanna et al. 2011). If corrupt actors think they can evade consequences by delaying their case, they will discount the threat of punishment. Where court delays are severe, it thus makes little difference how stringent the penalties on the books may be.