{
  "id": 1865515,
  "title": "Lawyers deployed at police stations to stop criminal cases collapsing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/lawyers-deployed-at-police-stations-to-stop-criminal-cases-collapsing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T04:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/capeargus/news/2026-08-19-lawyers-deployed-at-police-stations-to-stop-criminal-cases-collapsing/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Lawyers in Police Stations Project was launched in Mitchells Plain on Tuesday - where around 1500 case dockets are opened each month - after being first piloted at Grassy Park SAPS.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}