Clogging of Local Courts

It has come to attention that the most trivial matters (petty crimes) are severely clogging up the local court system- and creating a backlog for months and months. There have been numerous articles recently that have attributed this backlog to be contributed by petty crimes clogging up the justice system.

One in particular; a Lismore lawyer has explained that the increase in random breath testing- has actually resulted in more than 50 people facing drug-driving charges in the Lismore Local court on a Monday. I believe that is an insanely high amount of court appearances for one offence and that this would severely disrupt the administration of criminal justice and clog up the local court system significantly. There needs to be more appropriate methods and reforms to quickly and efficiently deal with these matters in a more faster way or process. Obviously the correct administration of justice needs to be met; in the sense that these offenders need to be charged for their crimes; but there needs to be a more efficient out of court process to combat this issue.

The fact that the Lismore Local Courts (pictured above) are being bombarded and tied up by these minor crimes (in comparison) it is obvious that new measures need to be in place to combat this clogging and burden on the local court system. The Lismore lawyer also explained that most of the charges are for drugs that were taken a few days beforehand- and that most of the drivers weren't impaired at all in relation to their driving ability. Something needs to change to unclog this system.

This video, although relating to Chicago court system, presents that the overburdening of the local court systems around the world is a very inherent problem that needs to be fixed.

Reference for Text:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-06/drug--driving/6829982?section=nsw

Reference for Image:
http://www.allcourts.com.au/Media/Default/Page/Images/Lismore-Court-House.jpg

Reference for Youtube Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55wR-o4Jt5s