Court Trip Essay: Efficiency And Effectiveness Of Our Criminal Court System

Part I of Essay
Our court systems have, in recent years, been said to be inefficient, sometimes ineffective, and even backlogged to the point where cases have to be dismissed because of how long it takes for them to get to court. After my trip to court, these are my opinions and observat ....

Part II of Essay
.... of the amount of information involved. The general atmosphere and behaviour in the Provincial Courtrooms were general loose and calm. The people, lawyers, judge, clerk and recorder seem to know each other very well. They joked openly, even while the court was in session, the defence lawyer asked if he could persuade the judge into a lighter sentence after the judge had already made a decision in a very easy and friendly tone of voice, something seemly unprofessional that caused chuckles throughout the courtroom. Where in the O ....