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Bill D. Hicks: “We saw a backlog of cases grow to in excess of 10,000 cases…”

Featuring: Bill D. Hicks, Republican | El Paso County District Attorney | Texas

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District Attorney Bill Hicks announcing his election campaign.

Published | Video Starts at 00:42

We saw over 700 cases being dismissed by the jail magistrate because her office was not able to look at those cases in a timely manner. We saw a backlog of cases grow to in excess of 10,000 cases, leaving many victims to wonder if their cases would ever see the inside of a courtroom. We saw defendants languishing in jail for years because her policies were not allowing those cases to be pushed to trial. (00:42–00:53)

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Asserts that the case backlog grew to over 10,000 during Ms. Rosales's tenure.

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