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IF IT'S TUESDAY, THEN IT'S ALSO MONDAY IN MIAMI

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

(undated Herald Photo of Miamians waiting in line on Tuesday after the former federal holiday celebrating the birthday of Rutherford B Hayes.) Something has got to be done.The system is breaking down.We are speaking of Tuesday trial days when Monday is a holiday.Two of the busiest days of the court week are jammed into one, and the result is chaos.Parking is next to impossible.The lines to get into the courthouse are literally around the block.There is mass confusion and everyone is upset.In county court, calendars grind to a halt as both defense attorneys and prosecutors plead for more time when their clients/witnesses aren?t present because there is a decent chance they are stuck trying to park or in the security line (?people with knives to the left; people with rocket launchers to the right, please...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on January 23, 2008 (boomark / email).