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Deanocracy t1_je3woyr wrote

Reply to comment by SquishWindow in D.C. leaders prepare for GOP grilling in hearing on crime, policing by EastoftheCap

** But - while surely the Council can play some role in fixing those problems,** what has the council done to make you believe they don’t support this outcome?

** Similarly, it's a huge problem that our courts are understaffed and that USAO resources are stretched too thin to give local DC prosecutions adequate time and attention.** the last time anyone looked they had the largest budget by far of any federal court. And they aren’t saying they need more anywhere. Just you are.

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SquishWindow t1_je4szwu wrote

> the last time anyone looked they had the largest budget by far of any federal court. And they aren’t saying they need more anywhere.

They are saying they need more resources, but maybe not on the Citizen app, Nextdoor, or OANN, which is probably why you missed it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/01/01/dc-judges-vacancy-senate/

https://www.npr.org/local/305/2022/12/16/1143595613/senate-confirms-seven-judges-for-d-c-courts-addressing-vacancy-crisis (this one notes some recent confirmations to DC superior court, which is good, but there are still a bunch more vacancies)

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Deanocracy t1_je4too6 wrote

I don’t see the word money in either of those articles.

Which makes me think you are being malicious or you are just not intellectually equipped for this conversation.

The nextdoor line seals it. Malicious. Posting a blue link that doesn’t discuss budget of the fed court in a fed court budget convo.

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SquishWindow t1_je53jwo wrote

My dude, I said "our courts are understaffed" which you somehow took to mean that I was only talking about federal court and talking about money.

There's obviously been a vacancy problem in DC Superior Court. Maybe you just didn't know that we have a non-federal court system here that handles criminal cases? Is that the problem? They don't talk about those sorts of pesky details on Nextdoor and so they just elide you?

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