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  • The Big Squeeze (courts effected by busted budgets)

    06/01/2003 8:39:11 AM PDT · by Libloather · 6 replies · 177+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 5/23/03 | Lisa Stansky
    The Big Squeeze Friday May 23, 2:03 am ET Lisa Stansky, The National Law Journal Law.com Car thieves, prostitutes, trespassers and shoplifters might have a field day in Oregon. The state has run out of money to process minor criminal cases. On top of that, the crunch has forced every courthouse to close on Fridays from March through June. Oregon's budget problems are not unique. State judicial systems across the country, like other government entities, have coped with budget cuts since the boom of the 1990s fizzled and left most states with serious fiscal anemia. Now it's worse. "The current...