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Online Pleas

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Background

We found that over 60 percent of people that go to court for a minor offence are planning to and plead guilty, so we built Online Pleas.

THE ASK

The prototype demonstrates how a guilty plea could be lodged online prior to the scheduled court date for non-complex minor offences. Minor offences include:

  • Traffic offences- Theft (Shop Steal)
  • Transit offences- Theft (from Motor Car)
  • Behaviour in Public- Theft (Bicycle)

Some of the benefits of such a tool include:

  • Registry – Reduce processing for non-complex court matters
  • Court – Some hearings could be flexibly scheduled into off-peak periods
  • Court users – Visits to court can be avoided for minor non-complex offences

Also delivers on a recommendation from a recent review of courts to treat transactional (low-complexity, low-needs) cases through digital channels
The court retains the power to determine that a matter should be heard, via ability to reject a guilty plea.

LEARN MORE

Review the code on Github.

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