Judges are considering a proposal to offer a 50 per cent ‘discount’ to accused pleading guilty, in an effort to erase the current backlog in cases still facing the High Court.The limited time offer, says Justice Carlisle Greaves, is still being discussed by his colleague judges.Speaking in the No. 3 Supreme Court today, Justice Carlisle Greaves said it was an initiative he suggested and which would mean serious discussion taking place before a consensus was reached.“I have raised with the other judges, we haven’t fully discussed it yet and we know we have to discuss it, but I raised with them two weeks ago the possibility of, for a limited period of time next year, offering a 50 per cent discount on guilty pleas.
