County courts system 'in chaos'
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The civil justice system is in crisis, according to one of Britain's top county court judges.
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By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 3--GULFPORT -- The Sun Herald on Friday filed a lawsuit for access to public records and correspondence involving prisoner-abuse complaints at the Harrison County jail.
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The path to the nation's busiest death chamber winds through a court of last resort where the presiding judge recently refused to keep her office open past 5 p.m. to accept an last-minute appeal from an inmate about to be executed.
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Every month, hundreds of people are summoned to courts across the nation&#39;s most populous county for a public scolding. It&#39;s no surprise that only a handful show up -- after all, they are expert at that all-American custom: dodging jury duty.
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The jail system is in "serious crisis" with overcrowding affecting rehabilitation, the chief inspector warns.
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A new inquiry will examine whether parents are being let down by the family court system.
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Frustrated that Prince George's County leaders have no solution for their hospital system's financial troubles, the county's legislative delegation introduced a bill yesterday that would transfer ownership of the system to a state authority.
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The state's corrections system is dangerously overcrowded and in crisis. A federal panel is about to render a judgment that could force open prison doors.
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By Rusty Marks  rustymarks@wvgazette.com  Tuesday was a bad day to make methamphetamine.  A countywide drug sweep sent at least three people to jail on drug charges.
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Devastating litigation is strangling the current system, which desperately needs reforms.
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LOS ANGELES The number of uninsured patients using emergency rooms as their primary care facility has become so huge, it&#39;s put Los Angeles County&#39;s emergency system &quot;on the brink of absolute chaos.
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A federal judge called the Bush administration's handling of a Hurricane Katrina housing program "a legal disaster" Wednesday and ordered officials to explain a computer system that can neither precisely count evacuees nor provide reasons why they were denied aid.
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By The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  May 29--Sacramento County's landmark affordable housing law is under attack, and the real threat isn't the court system, but a new majority on the Board of Supervisors.
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By Matt Garfield and Monica Chen, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Feb. 11--York County and Rock Hill are fighting again.   In 1999, it was over taxes on Cherry Road. A lawsuit took almost eight months to settle and cost taxpayers more than $60,000 in legal fees.
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The California local governments are asking a judge to make the case a class action on behalf of all the state&#39;s cities and counties.
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Scotland's justice secretary says he is 'deeply troubled' at the level of British Transport Police searches.
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New laws, new voting procedures and court fights that have changed the rules in some states may mean added confusion at the polls on Tuesday. With memories of deadlocked Florida still fresh, the lawyers are plentiful and busy this year. Here is a voter's guide to ways the partisan legal skirmishing could affect voters on Election Day.