Amsterdam court to test 15-minute criminal trials

The court in Amsterdam will test out 15-minute trials. It scheduled these “bulk hearing days” to see whether it could handle some cases within 15 minutes while doing justice to all parties involved.

“Briefness, speed, and at the same time doing justice to the interests of the suspect, the legal profession, and the injured party are always the starting point in these hearings,” the court said.

The reason for these short hearings is “to meet the social demand not to leave criminal cases on the shelf, but to handle them within a reasonable period of time.”

https://nltimes.nl/2023/01/20/amsterdam-court-test-15-minute-criminal-trials