Following widespread criticism leveled at judges’ handling of sensitive matters, the Judiciary recently issued a directive mandating additional training for judges and promised to establish an online portal through which members of the public can provide anonymous feedback on their court experiences.
The action came in the wake of two Appellate Division opinions earlier this month calling into question statements made by two superior court judges in the context of hearings to determine if juvenile defendants charged with sexual assault should be tried as adults. The opinions followed in the footsteps of another judge facing a conduct hearing because of statements alleged to have been made to a sexual assault victim during a hearing in that matter.
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