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Jury Trials Postponed Across Florida: Coronavirus Update
Law.com ^
| March 13, 2020
| Raychel Lean
Posted on 03/17/2020 5:29:26 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
Dont expect to argue before a Florida state jury in the next two weeks, as all jury trials have been suspended over coronavirus fears.
The suspension includes all grand jury proceedings, jury selection, criminal and civil jury trials, according to an order from Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, which encouraged judges to conduct proceedings electronically where possible...
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: floridaman
This is from a few days ago. A lot of courts are closing across the country. Today, for instance, the court in Franklin County, Ohio (where Columbus is) closed, as did the northern district for the Ohio federal court. The superior courts in NH closed the other day as well. No new trials will start in the NY state court system. A huge quantity of courts are closing in an attempt to quell the virus. I counted 45 separate courts or court systems in the quick query I did.
To: CheshireTheCat
How many innocent prisoners will be incarcerated that much longer?
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posted on
03/17/2020 5:30:44 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(BLACK LIVES MAGA)
To: CheshireTheCat
I wonder what the coronavirus rates are in prison?
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posted on
03/17/2020 5:32:22 PM PDT
by
Crucial
To: CheshireTheCat
Florida Man most affected!
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posted on
03/17/2020 5:33:57 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: CheshireTheCat
80% 0F precincts in. NYT calls it for Drool.
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posted on
03/17/2020 5:39:39 PM PDT
by
gasport
(The dung beetle should be the symbol of the Democrat Party)
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