After San Francisco's Superior Court system fell behind due to COVID restrictions, things have recently picked up, following a report by AlSaracevic on the logjam in the court system, where hundreds of defendants remain in jail slowly awaiting trials.
After The City’s Superior Court system fell behind due to COVID restrictions, things have recently picked up and all 11 courtrooms at the Hall of Justice, above, are conducting trials again.
That upset our public defender, Mano Raju, who sued the court to get things going again. Supervisor Hillary Ronen held a hearing on the matter. And The Examiner shined a light on the concern, right there on the front page. Here in San Francisco, many court proceedings went digital during the darkest days of COVID, and civil trials continued, as well. But the criminal trial backlog kept stacking up.
“The canons of judicial ethics prohibit the court from commenting on pending litigation. The court continues its commitment to justice by processing all cases as expeditiously as possible under the difficult circumstances presented by the pandemic,” said Ken Garcia, the court’s communications director.
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