A justice system based on face-to-face meetings has been limping along with virtual hearings, but officials are struggling with how to restart trials and grand jury proceedings.
Source: New York Times
N.Y.’s Legal Limbo: Pandemic Creates Backlog of 39,200 Criminal Cases
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