Mike Hestrin, the district attorney of Riverside County, California, says the dismissal of more than 1,000 criminal Superior Court cases in recent weeks is depriving victims of justice.
In October, the court stated that 2,800 pending cases were set for trial. As of Dec. 16, there are about 2,200 backlogged cases, and the county’s Superior Court judges have dismissed 1,098 criminal cases.
