R.I.P. Scout26
A 13 Investigates analysis of court cases found that despite 90,257 backlogged cases, the 22 district judges elected to oversee the most serious criminal cases have only held 113 trials since last July, when the Supreme Court of Texas allowed judges to resume court during the pandemic.
The judge overseeing the trial for Spivey's accused killer has held just one case over the last year.
With a 36% increase in homicides this year, the court's delays have gotten the attention of city leaders, who are pushing judges to go to trial quicker.Of the 90,000 cases awaiting trial, 958 are for alleged murders. Since the pandemic began, our investigation found it takes an average of three years and 11 months after an alleged murder before a case goes to trial.
Bet it didn't impact their pay one bit
Therein lies the problem.They should have been laid off and forced to live on unemplyoment until they started holding trials again.
I'm sure though, that if you decided to defend yourself against the predations of one of their noble constituents they'd find time to put you on trial.