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Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
6 days ago

Majority of Ontario fraud cases tossed since 2020 due to limited resources: Crowns' association | CBC News

Most Ontario fraud cases since 2020 end with charges stayed or withdrawn due to COVID backlogs, increasing complexity, and chronic criminal-justice resource shortages.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases

Jury trials would be removed for most offences, restricting juries to cases with potential sentences above five years while judges try other serious offences.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases

PA Justice Secretary David Lammy is proposing to massively restrict the ancient right to a jury trial by only guaranteeing it for defendants facing rape, murder, manslaughter or other cases passing a public interest test. An internal government briefing, produced by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for all other Whitehall departments, confirms plans to create a new tier of jury-less courts. The new courts would deal with most crimes currently considered by juries in Crown Court.
UK politics
NYC politics
fromwww.amny.com
6 months ago

Top New York City judge Adam Silvera embraces conflict resolution to address court backlog | amNewYork

Adam Silvera emphasizes quick settlements as essential to reducing court backlogs in New York City.
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