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Costly district judge system needs to be fixed: Court observers
Next year, Pennsylvania counties will have the opportunity to analyze the number and boundaries of its district courts.
Updated on Dec 11, 2020;
Published on Dec 10, 2020
Editor’s Note:
The story has been corrected to explain Harrisburg city magisterial district judges only hear cases from their districts on their criminal days at central court.
Next year, county officials across Pennsylvania will have an opportunity to analyze the number and boundaries of Pennsylvania’s magisterial district courts based on workloads.
The new information could help develop efficiencies to better serve taxpayers with a system that costs $237 million annually. ....

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