Idea one of several to streamline lengthy trials recommended in new report
KIRK MAKIN
From Friday's Globe and Mail
November 28, 2008 at 5:00 AM EST
Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney-General will combat a plague of sprawling mega-trials by installing on-site prosecutors in police stations and creating superjudges to deal with pretrial motions early and swiftly.
"We are going to have our major-case Crowns located right in with the police, so that we have a close-working collaborative relationship with the police very early on in these major cases," Attorney-General Chris Bentley said in an interview yesterday.
He said he has already begun to implement some of the 41 recommendations in a keenly awaited report on how to stop the spread of costly, runaway criminal trials - scheduled for release today and obtained by The Globe and Mail yesterday.
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Crimbrary will post a link to the report when it becomes available. Tom
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