City may lose on unreasonable court delays
The city could lose as much as $6.8 million over unreasonable delays at the municipal courthouse.
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david277 03:34 on 2021-10-05 Permalink
Apparently, the Canadians have decided that crime is legal so long as there’s enough of it to slow its prosecution. Kudos.
Kate 11:02 on 2021-10-05 Permalink
Justice delayed is justice denied, david. It’s a long-held principle.
I was struck this week reading on the BBC site that the killer of Sarah Everard in March (she was falsely arrested and then murdered by a serving cop in the Metropolitan police – horrible story) has already been tried and sentenced. That’s 7 months from crime to punishment. Here, I’m seeing people tried for homicides years after the incident, if they’re convicted they don’t get sentenced immediately, and often they don’t even end up serving much time because of getting double credit for the time they were locked up waiting for trial.
Obviously we need more prosecutors and a more efficient court system on every level but I don’t know what it all involves besides throwing more money at it.
Kevin 12:00 on 2021-10-05 Permalink
We need judges and lawyers who are better at time management. Cases are always being delayed because one lawyer just isn’t ready, or hasn’t seen a document, or some cop isn’t there today – and the next date the lawyers and judges are free is weeks or months away.
So it’s time for judges to be brutal: if the prosecution isn’t ready, too bad, throw out the case.
If the prosecution hasn’t disclosed evidence, too bad, throw out the case.
If the defence has all the info but doesn’t feel prepared, too bad, we’re going ahead in 15 minutes.
A judge shouldn’t need six months to render a verdict and a sentence. Juries deliver a verdict in a matter of days. Put judges into the same kind of isolation until they’ve done their job.
Judges take their time delivering sentences because they look at precedence. So don’t reinvent the wheel every time — create the easily accessible and searchable documents that show the punishments for that crime so that a judge can speed up the weighing and go ahead with the, you know, judging.
Azrhey 12:20 on 2021-10-05 Permalink
What Kevin said!
Our neighbours upstairs are suing their neighbours to the right for blahblahblahcondolifeblah …first court date was feb 14 2019, last court date was feb 15th 2021 final verdict will be issued march 16th 2022..3 years later! because court appointed engineer was unavailable, then some lawyer went on medical leave, then covid, then some other real estate agency joined in because one of the condos was for sale, then the judge said the last evaluation was over 15 months before so they needed a new one and the new new lawyer wasn’t comfortable in English so they needed to get it court accredited translated (that’s how I know the details they wanted me to to do the translation but I’m not nor do I want to be court accredited) finally after the last court date judge booked a sentencing for THIRTEEN MONTHS LATER!!!!
Meanwhile neither side can sell the place and they hate eachother. *rolls eyes forever*
david227 22:49 on 2021-10-06 Permalink
So, Kevin, if you’re clocked with a hockey stick and then raped in a lane, the person who perpetrated the crime should go free if a judge grants a bunch of continuances?