Parliament has passed a new Criminal Procedure Act with fundamental changes to the judicial system that Attorney General Dale Marshall believes will help speed up the delivery of justice and eliminate the backlog of court cases.
The changes provide for plea bargaining and judge-only trials and Mr. Marshall says this aims to make the judicial system more efficient.
He explained that currently there is no provision for plea deals that would end cases more quickly.
Attorney General Dale Marshall.
Meantime, Opposition leader Ralph Thorne still thinks that jury trials are the fairest way of dispensing justice.
Opposition leader Ralph Thorne.
