Letter to the Editor
Dec. 8, 2009
Alter Jury Trials to Improve Court Productivity
Attorney Richard Chrystie says operation costs would be cut if there were no jury trials for minor offenses and no requirement for non-unanimous verdicts.
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I read with interest the Guest Column by Judge Charles W. McCoy Jr. in the Dec.1, 2009 Daily Journal regarding the proposed $2 billion cut in the court budget. He is quite right that such a cut will cripple our civil justice system and will affect the criminal justice system as well. I have no suggestions on how to increase funding for the courts. But I do have two proposals for the Superior Court that will ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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