Sleeping Judges

As the Wall Street Journal Law Blog recently pointed out, the media in America has said a lot lately about the election of judges and how much judges are paid, but they missed an interesting story that also deals with the quality of the judiciary--sleeping judges. That's right, apparently there is a problem in countries across the globe concerning judges who simply cannot stay awake while on the bench. The WSJ Law Blog writes:

Ronald Grunstein, a professor in Sydney, Australia, specializing in human sleep physiology, investigated 15 cases of “judicial sleepiness” around the world. His conclusion: Judges should be more actively monitored for falling asleep on the bench, a problem that could have consequences in the courtroom. The study is included in the current issue of Sleep, the official journal of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. Here’s the 26-page study

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