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Chief Justice John W. Kittredge urges magistrate-court reform, data reporting and expansion of treatment courts
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Chief Justice John W. Kittredge told a joint assembly the state judiciary is collecting new workload data, urged uniform magistrate pay and standards, and highlighted expansion of treatment courts such as drug court as a way to reduce recidivism.
Chief Justice John W. Kittredge addressed a March 5 joint assembly of South Carolina lawmakers and described priorities for the judicial branch, including better data on trial-court workloads, uniformity in the magistrate system and broader use of treatment courts.
Kittredge said the judicial branch is developing an interactive report intended to show filings and dispositions across trial courts by year and county, and praised preliminary work being done by the branch’s IT staff. “When it is complete, the judicial branch, you, and the public will be able to access this site…
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