The backlog of cases combined with a chronic shortage of judges and a lack of courtrooms created a situation where serious and violent crime cases are being dismissed.
"Riverside County knew this was going to be a problem," said defense attorney Alexandra Kazarian."They had 2,800 cases, 18 courtrooms and they did nothing to stop this backlog.""This is something that was absolutely foreseeable," said Kazarian."And literally every single day that goes back, the backlog gets bigger."
"It is very devastating for a lot of victims to experience certain things in the criminal justice system, especially seeing cases getting dismissed," said Miriam El-menshawi, executive director of the California Victims Resource Center."The feel the system is saying 'Well, what happened to you is not important. It was not a crime in our eyes.'"
"It looks like the issue with the jury summons was a one-off, that's easier to fix," she said."But when it comes to a lack of availability of judges and courtrooms, that's not going to change overnight."
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