Chronic Bronx Court Delays Deny Defendants Due Process, Suit Says

“Court delays in the Bronx — so troublesome that state officials had to create special courts to clear a backlog of felony cases — remain unresolved and have ‘fatally undermined the right to trial’ for tens of thousands of people charged each year with low-level offenses, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday. “The suit, … Continue reading Chronic Bronx Court Delays Deny Defendants Due Process, Suit Says