Michael Pelly
"One of NSW's most senior judges has called for the introduction of majority verdicts, saying 'a perverse, disinterested or simply incompetent juror' can get in the way of obvious decisions.
In a wide-ranging speech on the future of criminal law, Justice John Dunford of the NSW Court of Appeal also said some judges were too quick to reduce sentences because of special circumstances and that parole periods were not being enforced.
He criticised the Director of Public Prosecutions for accepting lesser charges and said police before conduct tribunals should be charged before the courts."
