article_snippet.sent: The Italian justice system is currently being overhauled because of The Italian justice system cost, contradictions and inefficiency.
article_snippet.sent: The Italian justice system has a backlog of around nine million legal cases.
article_snippet.sent: The Supreme Court, which hears 80,000 appeals a year, 100 times more than comparable countries, upholds only a fraction of convictions.
article_snippet.sent: The state were forced to pay €84million in compensation for miscarriages of justice and legal delays in 2011.