Former attorney general Wally Oppal says B.C.’s judicial system needs to be reformed to better manage major prosecutions so that they don’t take years to get to trial.
Oppal believes the public loses confidence in the system when people accused of crimes await trial for several years — particularly in so-called mega-trials like the Surrey Six murder case.
“When it takes so long to get disclosure, to bring people to trial and to eventually reach ...
