Bad cases clog Charleston County courts, add to racial disparities, study finds
By: JOCELYN GRZESZCZAK
A nonprofit working with the 9th Circuit Solicitor’s Office recommended implementing an arrest-warrant screening process in Charleston and Berkeley counties to reduce racial disparities and ease case backlogs.
The Washington D.C.-based Justice Innovation Lab recently released a new report created through an ongoing partnership with Solicitor Scarlett Wilson and her office.
Case screening is a process by which charges referred to the Solicitor’s Office for prosecution receive a preliminary review. The screener decides whether a case meets evidentiary standards, or if it might be better resolved through alternative methods like pretrial diversion, according to the report.
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