The art of installing forever what should only be a prudent experiment. At the end of last week, to the chagrin of lawyers and certain parliamentarians, the National Assembly passed from nine to thirty the departments which could create a criminal court to unclog the assize courts. This procedure, introduced in 2019, makes it possible to deal with criminal cases below the age of 20 incurred, judged not by jurors but by five professional judges. " These criminal courts constitute a kind, either of correctional supertribunal, or of sub-court of assizes ", repeats Christiane Ferral-Schuhl, president of the National council of the bars, which endorses the fierce opposition of lawyers to this procedure. "Citizen intervention(In the assize court, note) , it's a breath of fresh air in the corporatism of judges , argued on the air Mr. Dupont-Moretti. I am afraid that these habits will be perennial, that small abandonments will lead to
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