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The UK doesn't have a federal form of government. The fair comparison would be to add in the cost of municipal and state-level courts.
by pradn 6y ago
The UK doesn't have a federal form of government. The fair comparison would be to add in the cost of municipal and state-level courts.
- wahern 6y agoCalifornia spends about $65/citizen.[1] $90/citizen seems to compare favorably to the U.K., at least in terms of outlays. It could also simply evidence that the U.S. judiciary is underfunded. I'm assuming the Ministry of Justice figure is exclusive of prisons. If the figure includes prisons, which cost ~$85/citizen in the U.K.[2] then court system expenditures would be greater in the U.S. (~$90) than the U.K. (~$65). [1] $2.5b over a population of 39 million. https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4097#:~:text=The%202019%2D20%20budget%20provides,19%20General%20Fund%20spending%20level https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4097#:~:text=The%2020.... [2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/298654/united-kingdom-uk-public-sector-expenditure-prisons/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/298654/united-kingdom-uk...
- martinald 6y agoMoJ in the UK runs prisons, courts and probation service.
- anigbrowl 6y agoSo what? You can be charged or sued directly in federal court.