High Court judge Justice Andrea Thomas put on a near-50-minute master class on Thursday as she ruled that the present incarcerated status of dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel and two men he was previously convicted with on a murder charge, did not.
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It is good that the Jamaican Government is ready for a serious discussion about the future of the jury system, whether it should, or can be rehabilitated, or abandoned, as proposed by Chief Justice Bryan Sykes. This newspaper is in favour of a bit.
Jamaica’s courts continue to make progress in clearing case backlogs, says Chief Justice Bryan Sykes.
In the Court of Appeal, for every 100 cases that come in, approximately 111 cases are disposed of.
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn is expressing fear that the acute shortage of court reporters to take verbatim notes and prepare transcripts of proceedings in the circuit courts is going to cause a negative and toxic effect.