Out of Sight, Out of Mind: A Case Study of Bail Efficiency in an Ontario Video Remand Court
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Abstract
Video remand court was largely introduced as a strategy to increase bail court efficiency by reducing the time and costs associated with the transportation of prisoners from police stations/detention centres to courthouses in order to determine whether they should be released on bail or formally detained until trial. Ironically, this article presents findings from a large courthouse in Ontario, Canada which suggest that video remand actually contributes to lengthy case processing. Potentially by distancing the accused from the bail process, as well as encouraging the perception that video appearances are cost-free for the system, repeated adjournments are the norm in this court. Further, they are often requested without the presence of defence counsel (through duty counsel), and reasons given to justify them largely suggest the absence of any productive activity toward the resolution of the bail process. These practices are discussed in light of the principles of justice underlying bail as well as the practical ramifications of bail inefficiency on the wider criminal justice system.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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