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Municipal judges press for unified court data to ease reentry
Summary
Municipal judges and magistrates told a state reentry commission that making municipal court records available to the Administrative Office of Courts (AOC) is essential to prevent returning citizens from being tripped up by unresolved local cases; vendors said full feeds will be available under Senate Bill 203 by Jan. 1.
Judge Casey Hairston, a municipal judge in Mountain Brook, told Alabama’s reentry commission that municipal courts — about 280 courts statewide — handle more cases than all other courts combined and are often the first point of contact with the justice system.
"We have 280 municipal courts in the state," Hairston said, arguing that those courts directly affect many lives and that unresolved municipal matters can derail reentry. He proposed a formalized process so that when someone leaves prison municipal cases could be handled concurrently across jurisdictions, reducing…
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