Court Budget Cuts Swift Hand of Justice
Fair Courts E-lert
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Author: William Welch
Source: USA Today
Date: 3/31/2010
“At least 15 states have put court workers on furloughs, eight have cut pay, six have imposed layoffs, and six have closed courtrooms to save money in the face of state funding cuts, even as the number of legal cases is rising,” according to the National Center for State Courts, cited in USA Today. “Unprecedented layoffs and courtroom closings across the country have resulted in recession-driven court delays.” As one California judge put it, “If we do not find adequate solutions to these difficult problems, not just the folks in California but elsewhere will finds the courts simply cannot be responsive to their needs as in the past.”