El Rukn prosecutions blasted

Article Abstract:

A federal district judge overturned the convictions of seven El Rukn street gang leaders in a Sep 1993 decision in US v. Boyd. Litigation against the gang stemmed from its drug trafficking empire. The judge in Boyd ruled the prosecution hindered a fair trial by not disclosing drug use by two state's witnesses while in prison and by suborning witness perjury on that undisclosed evidence. The Boyd decision means more than half of the El Rukn defendants have won new trials, while the rest of the defendants are in the process of seeking relief.

Cases, Perjury, New trials

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In courts: caseloads still rise

Article Abstract:

A National Center for State Courts study has found that court congestion is increasing steadily, with civil caseloads having risen by 33%, juvenile court caseloads by 34% and criminal caseloads by 24% since 1984. The number of civil and criminal filings was 100 times greater in 1992 than in 1991. The study did not, however, bear out the popular idea of an explosion in tort case filings, finding this type of litigation growing more slowly than civil cases in general.

Surveys, State courts, Court congestion and delay, Court delay, National Center for State Courts

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