Interest read:
(Not a direct link)
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.true-crime/browse_frm/thread/8bde91ff840539c1/f81e93482a0e2a3d?lnk=st&q=&rnum=1#f81e93482a0e2a3d
Plea-driven system dismisses half of felony cases
BY HUNTER LEWIS : The Herald-Sun
Mar 16, 2004 : 7:30 pm ET
DURHAM -- Felonies are hardball crimes that are supposed to result in
hardball punishment.
So why, state figures show, did Durham prosecutors dismiss almost half
of all felony charges filed in the county in the last two fiscal
years?
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Didn't Titus say rulings should be out by 9:30?