Posted on 06/24/2008 9:08:48 AM PDT by stan_sipple
Legislation moving toward House debate would slash six judges from the St. Louis Circuit Court, while adding new judges to courts in the St. Louis County, Kansas City and Springfield areas.Rep. Bryan Stevenson, R-Webb City and a lawyer, said state resources must be allocated efficiently, and some courts desperately need more judges. He pointed to a special legislative committee report along with a state report conducted by the National Center of State Courts that found St. Louis has more judges than it needs. Stevenson said the studies and other judges have indicated St. Louis has more than it needs and must make better use of its time and staff. He said judges from elsewhere in Missouri have complained to him that they get assigned to handle cases in St. Louis and arrive to find the workday starts late, ends early and includes a long lunch.
"They think it's ridiculous that they're getting transferred halfway across the state to fill in and work half a day," he said. "The judges are telling me there's a reason we have the criminal backlog in St. Louis city. They have to change the way they do business."
But the St. Louis Circuit Court previously has taken issue with the national group's study, with judges saying the averages used don't translate well in the city court. A key concern is that the city circuit handles far more jury trials, both civil and criminal, than other courts around Missouri, and every case that reaches trial delays others waiting in line.
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“The judges are telling me there’s a reason we have the criminal backlog in St. Louis city”.
The REAL, underlying reason for the “criminal backlog” is the truth that no one dares utter:
The off-the-charts RACIAL disparity in crime, particularly violent crime.
The liberal post-dispatch excused the overstaffing stating that more defendants in St Louis City request jury trials, so they need more judges. The criminals like their chances better in front of City juries.
“The liberal post-dispatch excused the overstaffing stating that more defendants in St Louis City request jury trials, so they need more judges. The criminals like their chances better in front of City juries.”
They learned from the Simpson trial.
Pravda is heavily invested and devoted to making excuses for any and all transgressions by ...ahem...persons of color.
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