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A week after Hendershott’s conviction, the district’s chief judge ruled that the court would stop summoning jurors until mid-January, effectively postponing trials within the district. Overnight, dozens of cases in Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, and Lincoln counties were put into judicial limbo joining a slew of counties across Colorado that had suddenly shelved jury trials over COVID concerns. “We were totally caught off guard,” says Brauchler, whose office this winter said that it will prosecute 121 fewer felony trials this year than last because of the pandemic. “Cases are piling up, and they don’t go away,” he says. “This is not justice for anyone.” ....