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Only part of it but specifically courts don’t seem very efficient. Perhaps that exposes my own biases to judges but the sentiment I have is that the law should not be rushed?
GoatandTricycle-
They're not that efficient. But there is a tipping point where if you starve something of resources it can no longer be efficient.
In terms of rushing, not that you want to "rush" but actually there is a good argument to be made that swift and consistent justice acts a a deterrent, whereas bullish long sentences that rarely get used due to low detection rates and take forever before they're applied does nothing.
The obvious problem with high volume and high speed prosecutions is that it actually requires funding and well thought out organisational change. And anit nobody got time for that when you can just enact legislation to impose harsher sentences and win Daily Mail headlines.
hugo7
Yeah absolutely but in my example I dont see how you can, for example, clear court backlogs by only running trials 4 days a week, or pay staff more when legal aid rates are already driving firms out of existence...