Delaware's Superior Court is using technology to streamline criminal justice. Superior Court Judge Jerome O. Herlihy said of the court's new Automated Sentencing Order Program. No other state is doing what we're doing. The system enables the court to issue sentencing orders almost simultaneously with a judge's pronouncement. Where previously it would take days and even weeks to disseminate all information, sentencing data is now electronically filed and transferred within minutes to prisons and other agencies.
Defendants receive a complete copy of their sentencing order right in the courtroom.
Criminal histories also are updated for future court proceedings. The program was started in Kent County Superior Court . Sussex County went online at the beginning of the year. New Castle County courts started Monday, January 15. There is no doubt the computer age is here,'' said Superior Court President Judge Henry duPont Ridgely.