Postponed jury trials amid the COVID-19 pandemic has created a backlog of cases that some district attorneys say is overwhelming.
As pandemic restrictions ease, in-person jury trials have continued in most Alabama courtrooms, but some still face an enormous backlog in prosecutions as hundreds of cases across the state have been put on hold.“This is an unusual situation for everybody,” said District Attorney Michael Jackson.
“It’s not fair to both sides, victims and defendants, but it’s just the situation that we’re all in right now and we’re just going to have to make the best of it,” Jackson said. Despite technology helping fill gaps where possible and COVID protocols in place, he said one capital murder trial in Wilcox County is the latest to be rescheduled amid the pandemic.
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