Timeliness is necessary to the achievement of justice.
The introduction of a pitch clock and other changes sped up Major League Baseball this past season and to general approval, larger viewing audiences, and even most diehard traditionalists seem to be happy. When I published my report “Criminal Justice for the 21st Century” in 2012, I was characterised by one reporter as taking a “Moneyball approach to justice”. Anne Milgram in The Atlantic also …
How do we overcome the obvious—and not obvious—obstacles to achieving timeliness in the justice system? One question of method is whether we should pursue incremental or dramatic change. There is evidence for both. Many faced with the failure of dramatic programs to find acceptance have opted to pursue smaller, incremental improvements. This debate carries on across many policy landscapes. Perhaps the most obvious concerns environmental …
