antiquated, antediluvian, diluvial, suspects, convicts

Brazil's courts treat suspects too harshly, and convicts too leniently

The pre-trial jailing of suspects in the Petrobas scandal exposes Brazil's antiquated legal system

600,000 of Brazil's inmates have not yet stood trial

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antediluvian
adj.

1. Extremely old and antiquated. See synonyms at old.
2. Bible. Occurring or belonging to the era before the Flood.

[From ANTE– + Latin dīluvium, flood; see diluvial.]

antediluvian an'te·di·lu'vi·an n.

diluvial
(-ən)
adj.
Of, relating to, or produced by a flood.

[Late Latin dīluviālis, from Latin dīluvium, flood, from dīluere, to wash away. See dilute.]