North Dakota
DUI cases decrease, assault/homicide/sexually related offense cases increase in 2021 in North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – New instances filed within the North Dakota Supreme Court docket stay at a 10-year low in 2021. That’s in accordance with the 2021 North Dakota Annual Court docket Report launched this month.
Between 2020 and 2021, most instances filed have been civil issues that embrace family-related appeals and juvenile appeals. Notably, prison instances of assault, murder, and sexually associated offenses elevated in North Dakota by 6% whereas DUIs decreased by 29%. Probably the most instances filed in district courtroom have been filed within the South-Central Judicial District.
Whereas the courts labored to deal with every case, in addition they carried out the Rural Lawyer Recruitment Program to encourage attorneys to dwell and apply in rural North Dakota the place authorized illustration is missing.
Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court docket Jon Jensen acknowledged, “the judicial system was in a position to meet the challenges of excessive caseloads, understaffing, and a worldwide pandemic.”
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