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@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 22 hours ago

The time it takes to resolve Alaska’s most serious felony cases is three years, or more than twice as long as in 2015.

A state lawmaker wants an end to the delays. “I hate how slow this system is. It kills me,” he said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-murder-pretrial-delays-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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Alaska Lawmaker Calls for Hiring More Prosecutors, Public Defenders to Reduce Extreme Delay in Criminal Cases

A Judiciary Committee chair said stories by the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica about sluggish court proceedings “stab my heart.” Fixing the problem will take more than a state Supreme Court order last year limiting new delays, he said.
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Axomamma
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@Axomamma@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 20 hours ago

@ProPublica Three years? That is but to laugh. I've transcribed many Massachusetts criminal cases that have taken easily twice that. But "serious felony cases" SHOULD take a long time when you're talking about imprisoning someone for life.

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