Word: philadelphia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Earlier this month, many of the Harvard and Yale men's squash members faced off in the United States Squash and Racquets Association Tournament in Philadelphia, with Harvard coming...
These tidings came amid the worst possible circumstances. Since the Philadelphia judiciary already had ten vacancies, the suspensions leave the city with nearly a quarter of its bench empty. Even before the suspensions, ( the case backlog in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas had soared from 6,000 to 9,000 in three months. Since new judicial appointments could be delayed by interparty squabbling in the state senate, the situation may get worse before it gets better...
...bottom off Philadelphia's woes, just two months ago, in a separate action, a federal consent decree mandated a reduction in the city's prison population from 4,200 to 3,750, leaving the system with fewer places to put prisoners, even if they could be brought to trial. "They're playing political games, and meanwhile we're trying to get space in prison," complains Philadelphia District Attorney Ronald Castille...
...avalanche of new cases, with few judges in sight, has been asking for -- and getting -- exemptions from a state requirement that defendants go on trial within six months of being charged. The result is a further clogging of the overburdened criminal-justice system. The situation threatens to leave Philadelphia with few choices beyond releasing a lot of dangerous individuals because they cannot be tried at one end of the system, while being forced to turn loose convicts from already overcrowded prisons at the other end. "We can't move cases," says Castille, who feels caught in the squeeze. "It gets...
...bribery scandal cripples the Philadelphia judicial system as local caseloads back up. -- The sad case of Sir Rudolf Bing...