Senator Cam Ward - More Judges Needed For Backlog
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Posted by: RStokes
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Date: May 22 2020 11:50 PM
ALABAMA: The Alabama Political Reporter published a interview with Alabama State Senator Cam Ward about the court system needing more money and Judges to move cases along.
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RSN responds to Senator Cam Ward by saying...
YOU ARE FULL OF BULL MANURE
The 20th Judicial Circuit has been staying on their dockets and moving cases, until the orders came on COVID-19. And they found alternative measures and you would be surprised on how they have still kept things moving.
Also a Judge is paid to work 5 days per week. So if he or she works the full schedule of which their 6 figure salary, health insurance, retirement, etc. pays for, then cases should move.
COURT COSTS
When a law enforcement officer tells you " I am sorry but I am going to have to write you a ticket" then you have found a law enforcement officer who is a liar. It is officer's discretion at writing you a ticket.
For a speeding ticket in the 20th Judicial Circuit, it is a total of $ 205.00. The actual fine for speeding is $ 20.00. The other $ 185.00 is court costs, which is required to be paid, no matter if you go to trial or court or not.
But the distribution of the $ 185.00, the court system only gets about 5% of. The other 95% is distributed to everyone but the court system. Over the last decades plus when the Alabama Legislature needed money they raised court costs. This way the could say we did not raise taxes.
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The District Attorney gets a cut off all misdemeanor cases made in Dothan Municipal Court. But the District Attorney never handles any of those cases.
The judicial system has become a collection agency, not only for itself but also for other branches of government. In 2011, local Circuit Clerks and the state’s Administrative Office of Courts collected $166 million in court costs and charges. More than 40 percent of that total went to agencies other than the courts. These included activities directly related to the justice system (e.g., indigent defense, district attorneys, sheriffs and jails), but also unrelated purposes (such as county general funds, employee pay raises, and museums).
Perhaps some rolling up their sleeves and working, perhaps the case loads would turn. The 20th Judicial Circuit accomplished that and the backlog of cases was low, until COVID-19.
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