The report concerns the Ministry of Justice and the courts’ effort to reduce case processing time for criminal cases dealt with at the district courts.
The purpose of the study is to assess whether the Ministry of Justice and the courts have sufficiently supported achievement of the goal to reduce case processing time for criminal cases dealt with at the district courts from 2016 to 2021. The report answers the following questions:
- Have the courts, to an adequate degree, achieved the targets set for short case processing time for cases dealt with at the district courts?
- Have the Ministry of Justice and the courts examined the causes of the long case processing time and launched initiatives to reduce it?
Rigsrevisionen assesses that the Ministry of Justice and the courts have not sufficiently supported achievement of the goal to reduce case processing time for criminal cases dealt with at the district courts from 2016 to 2021. As a result, not all cases are completed within a reasonable time frame, which affects both the victims and the persons charged.
Rigsrevisionen initiated the study in January 2021.
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