If we are going to administer justice, if we're going to adequately fund the administration of justice, we have to pay these lawyers. We have to fund this line item. What we learned was The more that you delay justice, there are consequences, consequences at the county level. For example, people sat in the county jail for a lot longer and it meant higher costs. It also meant that people, victims of crime, also did not have access to justice. (00:59–01:10)
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