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Power Outage Disrupts Justice in Bahamas | Bahamas News
A two-day downtown power outage crippled key court operations in the Bahamas, sparking a clash between officials downplaying it as a minor glitch and legal advocates warning it seriously disrupted justice. While the Director of Public Prosecutions called it an inconvenience — noting the Supreme Court stayed online — the Bahamas Bar Association slammed the shutdown for materially harming access to justice, citing postponed cases, turned-away litigants, and rescheduled hearings. The outage stemmed from backup generator failures after prolonged power loss, with one unit’s damaged seals causing…
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