The ABC brings word that our Supreme Court needs more judges and a bigger building to cope with its burgeoning caseload.
Some might quibble that the “modern jury trial” is just a way for defense lawyers to pad their fees while bombarding juries with so much useless information that the poor men and women, good and true, are no longer sure what colour the sky is, let alone the guilt of the defendant.
Others might wonder that if the justices handed down longer custodial sentences to the serial offenders which adorn our city then those offenders would have less scope to commit further atrocities on the public which in turn require still more jury trials.
Local legal bods are certainly in furious agreement that a fifth judge is needed, if only because they would very much like to be that judge.
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