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Manitoba Crown attorneys facing high caseload, calls for changes to bail hearings

WINNIPEG - Crown attorneys in Manitoba are calling for changes, saying they are getting snowed under with needless paperwork in provincial court bail hearings.

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Manitoba Crown attorneys facing high caseload, calls for changes to bail hearings

The Manitoba Law Courts building in Winnipeg on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods


WINNIPEG - Crown attorneys in Manitoba are calling for changes, saying they are getting snowed under with needless paperwork in provincial court bail hearings.

The Manitoba Association of Crown Attorneys says prosecutors currently have to sift through mounds of reports and records to prepare for bail hearings.

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