With lockdowns across the country, the criminal justice system is being forced to adapt fast. We chat to Meredith Rossner about who gets to benefit from the transition to the digital courtrooms, and who could potentially be stuck in a backlog of cases for years.

Meredith Rossner is Professor of Criminology at the Australian National University

[Aired 10:30AM 25 April 2020]

More info:

Meredith Rossner & David Tait, The Conversation: Courts are moving to video during coronavirus, but research shows it’s hard to get a fair trial remotely

Thalia Anthony, The Guardian: Coronavirus is a ticking time bomb for the Australian prison system

Osman Faruqi, The Saturday Paper: Compliance fines under the microscope