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      • King County Superior Court is facing a backlog of some 7,000 pending cases, leaving some defendants stuck in jail and preventing victims from seeing justice.
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  2. Jul 11, 2021 · Armed robberies, aggravated assaults, shootings and other violent crimes continue to pile up as the county’s legal system attempts to dig out from a historic backlog of felony cases, while also...

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    It is pretty rare to see 20 journalism groups, including labor unions, come together on much of anything. But they are raising their collective voices against a California state Senate billthat started out trying to protect journalists but now would limit access to protests once cops move in. The coalition says: Here is an excerpt from the original...

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  3. Jun 2, 2021 · Even if Judge James Rogers excludes all cases of nonviolent crime and adds one extra judge, he estimates it will still take King County about 13 years to work through the backlog of criminal cases that have built up over the pandemic.

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  4. May 14, 2021 · SEATTLE — The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in chaos for local court jurisdictions by creating a backlog that could take years to work through, according to judge and prosecutors, who warn...

  5. Apr 7, 2021 · King County Superior Court is facing a backlog of some 7,000 pending cases, leaving some defendants stuck in jail and preventing victims from seeing justice.

  6. Jul 27, 2021 · The Metropolitan King County Council on Tuesday approved more than $42 million in supplemental funding for the countys backlogged criminal legal system, an amount that is far less than judges,...

  7. Feb 4, 2021 · The chief judge of King County District Court told councilmembers her experience while presiding over a series of bail hearings one day last week.