There's a glaring lack of clear rules around timelines.
Critical motions are not heard unless a case goes to trial
A trial began for just 130 convictions last year.
With no real threat of a trial looming, prosecutors and defense attorneys are essentially left playing a high-stakes game of poker
Critical motions are not heard unless a case goes to trial
A trial began for just 130 convictions last year.
With no real threat of a trial looming, prosecutors and defense attorneys are essentially left playing a high-stakes game of poker
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But records show "significant delays" because of outdated technology.
What’s left are prosecutors each day pushing into court wire carts on wheels with brown accordion folders piled up with hard-copy paper records
https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/lamont-ct-criminal-justice-transparency-law-20136218.php
"Under this system, it is defendants’ characters, not their crimes, that go on trial"
The #1 causes of incarceration in CT
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