The Tacoma News Tribune has reported that Officials in Pierce County are currently investigating how to implement social distancing during the many jury trials that take place in the County’s courtrooms. The State Supreme Court has postponed all jury trials until July as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Maintaining social distancing when court resumes […]
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Coronavirus and DUI Cases
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Marked as “ground zero” of the Coronavirus pandemic, nearly every Washingtonian has been impacted, to some degree, by the effects of this deadly virus. Amid this unprecedented time, if you or a loved one has been arrested for a DUI, the added stress can be overwhelming and terrifying. […]
Washington State Announces Release of Hundreds of Inmates
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] On Monday, Governor Jay Inslee and Department of Corrections Secretary Steven Sinclair announced that they would release almost 1000 inmates amid the Covid-19 pandemic. This unprecedented move is aimed at protecting the most vulnerable inmates within the prison population. The announcement comes after a lawsuit was filed to […]
Murderous COVID-19
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] As COVID-19 concern sweeps the nation, especially in the national hot-spot of the virus here in Horwath Law’s home in the Pacific Northwest, many of us legal-minded people are considering the impacts COVID-19 will bring to our criminal justice system. We are seeing state-wide closures in most courts. […]