COVID court closures could trickle down for Fresno County
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) The burden of COVID cases has Fresno County courts cutting down on public access and delaying a lot of cases, and a coming court backlog could affect the entire community.
There s not a lot of activity at the courthouse these days. Once busy hallways are mostly empty and nearly every hearing is by Zoom.
As of this week, the court postponed a lot of new court cases to cut down on potential exposure.
But while the cases are on hold, crime isn t. Arrests don t stop, said Sheriff Margaret Mims. They keep coming. So they keep coming in the front door of the jail and we re at capacity every single day and so we do have releases.