55 judges currently serve on the supreme court.
how many judges currently serve on the supreme court?
55
in the united states, three of the nine incumbent justices of the supreme court are oxonians, namely stephen breyer, elena kagan, and neil gorsuch; retired justices include john marshall harlan ii, david souter and byron white. internationally, oxonians sir humphrey waldock served in the international court of justice; akua kuenyehia, sat in the international criminal court; sir nicolas bratza and paul mahoney sat in the european court of human rights; kenneth hayne, dyson heydon, as well as patrick keane sat in the high court of australia; both kailas nath wanchoo, a. n. ray served as chief justices of the supreme court of india; cornelia sorabji, oxford's first female law student, was india's first female advocate; in hong kong, aarif barma, thomas au and doreen le pichon currently serve in the court of appeal (hong kong), while charles ching and henry litton both served as permanent judges of the court of final appeal of hong kong; six puisne justices of the supreme court of canada and a chief justice of the now defunct federal court of canada were also educated at oxford.
university of oxford
but there have been accusations of systematic trial delays, especially with regards to the new york city stop-and-frisk program. out of more than 11,000 misdemeanor cases pending in 2012 in the bronx, there were 300 misdemeanor trials. the bronx criminal courts were responsible for more than half of the cases in new york city's criminal courts that were over two years old, and for two-thirds of the defendants waiting for their trials in jail for more than five years. in 2016, councilman rory lancman, noting that only about half of the about 107 appointed criminal court judges currently serve because the chief administrative judge and office of court administration have transferred them to supreme court to hear felony cases, said major reasons for the backlogs were a shortage of judges, court officers and courtrooms; a haphazard discovery process that frustrates timely plea deal negotiations; and a speedy trial statute unique to new york that allows the parties to game the system. "the new york times" editorial board has criticized the criminal court judges for rarely excusing defendants from having to show up at every court appearance, as allowed by law, instead requiring them "to return to court every several weeks and spend all day waiting for their cases to be called, only to be told that the proceedings are being put off for another month ... [meaning] these defendants miss work, lose wages and in some cases their jobs."
new york city criminal court