Trials
The Crown Court disposed of 83,247 committals for trial in 2003-04. Taking into account 29,752 cases still outstanding, the implied waiting time for trials was 18½ weeks. This is the time between committal or lodging an appeal and the start of the Crown Court hearing. This level of delay has been gradually worsening over the last 6 years. The average time to try a case on a plea of not guilty is about 7 hours. Since the average length of a sitting day is 4.33 hours, this implies that a not guilty case takes just over the equivalent of 1½ court days.
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Famous quotes containing the word trials:
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—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
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