Live from Ukraine, it's criminal defense

In the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv,

The typical criminal case commences when a suspect is "invited" to the police station in handcuffs...

... and things go downhill from there. An interesting look (with pictures) at post-Soviet criminal justice, aspects of which seem familiar on a bad day:

The defendant is then found guilty and the case is recessed... During this time... attempts to raise the proper inducements to encourage the authorities or the court to be lenient at sentencing...

From Ed and Susan's Adventures in The Ukraine, from a city called Kharkiv (Харків) in Ukrainian, Kharkov (Харьков) in Russian.

(see also Carpetblogger) (oh, and don't forget CEELI)