Bloomberg Law
Sept. 11, 2019, 8:55 AM UTC

Recession Could Leave Justice Delayed or Denied in State Courts

Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson
Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson
Reporter

A court refusing to accept new cases because it’s run out of paper. Cops in courtrooms waiting to testify rather than out on the streets. And the early release of a defendant who later rapes a woman and kills a pedestrian in a high-speed chase.

All of those real-world consequences of state court budget cuts in the last recession were detailed in an ABA report after it was over.

With another potential recession looming, court officials who have been through it before are fearful of experiencing more of the same. As Sue Bell Cobb, the former chief justice of the ...

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