Judicial Conference seeks ways to cut rent and building costs; with a budget increase unlikely, courthouse construction is scaled back

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The Judicial Conference of the United States has decided to attack rapidly rising courthouse rents in several ways. These include a cap on the amount of space each circuit can occupy; rethinking all projects, even those under construction, to determine if they are really necessary; economic incentives to courts with space management practices resulting in lower rent; and analyzing the way the General Services Administration determines market rates. Some congressmen have criticized the judiciary for unnecessary extravagance in some new courthouses.

Management, Planning, Federal courts, United States. Judicial Conference, Courthouses

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Rape convict gets a chance to prove alibi: ten years into a 90-year prison term, Missouri man gets a rare hearing from the 8th Circuit

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Russell Hadley hopes to prove his innocence 10 years into a 90-year sentence for a sexual assault on an 82-year-old woman in Dec 1985. The victim's description bore little resemblance to him, and he has uncontested alibis for the two occasions when she says she saw her attacker, but overworked public defenders failed to present crucial evidence at his one-day trial. Some time after his conviction he interested Kansas City Star reporter Marty Connolly in his case, leading eventually to an 8th US Circuit hearing.

Analysis, Cases, Rape, Habeas corpus, Hadley, Russell

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