PUBLICATIONS
June 1, 2011
Report on Disclosure in Criminal Cases
Access to Justice /Justice Efficency
Report on Disclosure in Criminal Cases
DATE
June 1, 2011
AUTHORS
Steering Committee on Justice Efficiencies and Access to the Justice System
YEARS
2011
POLICIES
Access to Justice /Justice Efficency
Report on Disclosure in Criminal Cases
This report focuses on the causes of disclosure problems as identified by the major professional participants in the justice system: the police, prosecutors, defence counsel and judges. It then recommends collaborative action to address the problems. The report does not conclude, as some argue, that the biggest cause of disclosure problems is the law of disclosure itself. We believe the system is still encountering disclosure problems primarily because all the professional participants in the criminal justice system, in one way or other, have not effectively responded to the information management challenges posed by constitutionally mandated disclosure.
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