I already told you guys what this was. It’s Covid and the speedy trial rule.
This is huge here right now. All of the defendants are pleading not guilty and demanding a trial. This can’t be accommodated, so they are getting insane plea deals. Credit for time served (usually less than 90 days) for robbery. Guy pulled a gun on an officer and got simple assault. No probation even.
If I was a prosecutor, I would be making sweetheart deals right now right and left for deferred adjudication and suspended sentences. Deals so good they couldn’t pass them up. Then, instead of having all these jury trials, I would be having 20 minute revocation hearings six months from now or next year when they screwed up.
