Should our Judges be elected?

Mar 6 2009 by Alison Lowson, Perthshire Advertiser Friday

IN the last few weeks, a father has been jailed for flushing a heroin dealer’s stash down the toilet, a rape trial witness sent to the cells after breaking down and fleeing the court, and the judge in the Dolina MacLean trial has told a jury to discount a murder verdict for so-called legal reasons.

To say that our legal system is now thoroughly out of sync with public opinion is an understatement. Maybe we should follow the lead of our American friends and start to elect our judges. That way at least, they would be answerable to voters and kicked out of office when they cock-up big style.