SERVANTS OF ALL
Feb 11, 2019
3 minutes
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY DIANA SMITH
People in custody waiting to be sentenced have been held there for up to two years before facing a judge. That is all about to change.
From 2020, the Attorney General will appoint a full-time judge to preside over District Courts in Bathurst, Orange and Parkes.
This will reduce the time people in those areas – whether or not they are pleading guilty – will wait to hear the judge’s decision.
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