Court Issues Analysis

Court Issues Analysis

The courts system is an impartial judiciary body trusted to acquit the innocent and convict the guilty, treat those who come in contact with the system with respect, and appropriate judicial resources wisely. Currently, the courts face many issues that may interfere with its obligation to do justice. These issues will be addressed, along with future issues facing courts and court administrators, future management issues and trends regarding language interpretation services, and the past, present, and future impact that victim rights laws have on court proceedings.

The courts system handles many cases. Each year the court caseloads increase. Some of these cases are not able to go to trial in a timely manner because many cases are backlog. This has caused an overload of cases in the courts. This situation causes a shortage of judges, prosecutors, and other judicial personnel. Case overloads cause the courts system not to work effectively because it takes a toll on justice. These overworked judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys are continually postponing hearings. Judges have blamed lawyers for the backlog, saying they delayed many cases. Lawyers put it down to overworked judges and clients who did not pay them or wanted their cases to remain pending. Several judicial and civil magistrates say that lawyers use various tactics to keep getting continuances and this practice must be stop in order for the backlog to reduce. Often, lawyers did not even turn up for hearings. Some judges said that there was also a shortage of judges in rent and family courts. Lawyers said a majority of cases were pending because the litigants had not paid their representative. In some cases, the client wanted the case to remain undecided, sometimes the case required too much time because it was complex, and sometimes the judges was so busy that they did not have time to record witness statements (Yasif, 2011). Many cases are postponed because public prosecutors...