In 2007, Washington County implemented the Early Case Resolution (ECR) program, which is a significant criminal case and calendar management innovation and resolves 30% of criminal cases including probation violations at (or soon after) arraignment. While the ECR program has been overwhelmingly positive, it has also created new court management challenges, as release hearings for pretrial detainees have increased and are crowding the criminal arraignment docket. The timing and purpose of criminal pretrial conferences needs to be reevaluated as fewer cases are resolving at pretrial conferences and some cases (such as DUI or domestic violence) rarely resolve and don’t appear to benefit from judicial attention at pretrial conferences.
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