The regional Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project, which has the financial support of the Canadian Government and Regional Countries, has as part of its operational mandate the piloting of digital recording of the court record in Jamaica, Belize and one Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Country.
In Jamaica, as in most regional countries, Judges and/or Magistrates hand-write the evidence in court, which is then rewritten by support staff into transcripts when required by the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, Attorneys and others with a vested interest in obtaining court testimony.
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