| Frequency distribution (%) | |
|---|---|
| The Georgian person is more likely to be found guilty | 32 |
| The non-Georgian person is more likely to be found guilty | 18 |
| They both have the same chance of being found guilty / not guilty | 46 |
| DK/RA | 5 |
Question text: Suppose two people – one of them ethnic Georgian, another one a representative of an ethnic minority group living in Georgia – each appear in court, charged with an identical crime they did not commit. Choose an answer from this card to show who you think would be more likely to be found guilty?
Note: These are two separate cases but on the same type of convictions
Within the project “Facilitating Implementation of Reforms in the Judiciary”, implemented by Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center (EMC) in cooperation with the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) and Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), CRRC-Georgia conducted a survey among Georgian-speaking adult residents of Georgia regarding population’s perception of justice and its attitudes towards judges, the court system and knowledge of it.