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Adult criminal cases taking more time: study
The wheels of criminal justice are grinding ever slower in the country’s adult courts, finds a Statistics Canada study.
In 2006-2007, it took an average of eight months to complete a case, compared to six months five years earlier, the agency said Tuesday.
"Longer times to complete cases may be in part due to an increase in the proportion of cases involving multiple charges," the study said.
In 2006-2007, cases involving multiple charges comprised 60 per cent of the adult case load, compared to 53 per cent a decade earlier, it said.
Although complexity is rising, fewer cases are being handled by the courts.
The courts handled just over 372,000 cases in 2006-07, a decrease of seven per cent compared to five years earlier.
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