Record waiting time in court for victims seeking justice

Today, victims of crime face having to wait close to two years to see justice in the courts of Denmark. The average case-processing time was 307 days during the fourth quarter of 2007 – a figure that had more than doubled to a record 617 days in the same quarter in 2022.

The case-processing duration has increased particularly at the courts, but also within the halls of the prosecutor’s office and the police.

This is a serious violation of the people’s sense of justice. It’s grotesque to wait this long for a crime to end up with a conviction.

The news comes despite political promises to reduce case-processing times.

https://cphpost.dk/2023-02-03/news/record-waiting-time-in-courts-for-victims-seeking-justice/