ORLANDO, Fla. —
It was in April when the 9th Judicial Circuit state attorney Monique Worrell announced a backlog in nonarrest cases of 13,670. On Thursday, she announced that number was down to 10,686, a 21% decrease.
“We still only got through nearly 3,000 cases in four months, and what that means it’s going to take more than a year to get through the backlog, and we’re doing everything we can to make sure it doesn’t creep back up again,” Worrell said…