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Sat 06 Jun 2007Call for appeal court to get more crime trial judgesThe most senior judge in the criminal courts, Mr Justice Paul Carney, yesterday called for more judges with experience in criminal cases to serve on the Court of Criminal Appeal, writes Barry Rochein CorkMr Justice Carney, who was speaking at a law conference organised by the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights at the faculty of law at University College Cork, also renewed his criticisms of the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on the question of sentencing.