Lawyers advertise when they don't have clients flooding the doors. In reality, a lot of people became lawyers and found there wasn't enough work. The ads may have added some case burden where people would have previously shrugged off stuff to bad luck, but I seriously doubt that is the big issue. In federal courts, it wasn't lawsuits but petty drugs cases that were clogging the system; in IL it was vast amounts of family law cases because the state became so very sewn up in every aspect of family law for those receiving state/federal support; and in NH it appears to be little more than population growth.
The governor is cutting 85-ish exec branch jobs, and calling for 60-70 in the Judicial branch. Sounds fair! Except that's <1% of exec branch jobs and 10% of judicial branch jobs.
Buh-bye speedy trial.
Also, consider it cost shifting. For every day a prisoner's trial is delayed, not only is there an increasing chance of missing the "speedy trial" deadline required by the US Constitution, but the COUNTY pays to keep the prisoner locked up. That's right, the cost "savings" is just cost shifting.
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The governor is cutting 85-ish exec branch jobs, and calling for 60-70 in the Judicial branch. Sounds fair! Except that's <1% of exec branch jobs and 10% of judicial branch jobs.
Buh-bye speedy trial.
Also, consider it cost shifting. For every day a prisoner's trial is delayed, not only is there an increasing chance of missing the "speedy trial" deadline required by the US Constitution, but the COUNTY pays to keep the prisoner locked up. That's right, the cost "savings" is just cost shifting.