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This article will focus upon the impact of the substance abuse problem on Georgia ' s judiciary and correction systems . The purpose is to present the available raw data concerning the current number of drugs and drug related cases relative to prior years , to evaluate the impact of the steadily rising drug crime rate on the resources of the judicial and correction systems , to consider what that impact will be if no action is taken to address the substance abuse problem , and to make suggestions for possible solutions .
The experience in the Atlanta judicial circuit will be the basis for evaluating the impact of the substance abuse problem on the judicial system throughout georgia , particularly on the supreme courts . Discussions among members of the Georgia council of Superior Court judges reveal that the Atlanta circuit experience is not unique either , it is illustrative of a situation which exists in every one of the state ' s judicial circuits . The severity of the increase in caseload brought about by drug problems is proportionally the same or very nearly the same in every circuit .
16 October / November 2022
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Kevin Gallagher , a litigator with Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker , quotes and Ambrose Bierce ' s definition of a litigant : " A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones ." As every attorney knows , it ' s getting harder to acquire an opportunity to give up one skin . With a backlog of criminal cases to adjudicate , the courts are leaving attorneys and civil cases to cool their heels outside the courtroom door .
The irony is that most cases are settled outside that door . Fulton County Superior Court Administrator Sanford J . Jones estimates the nationally only 4-6 % of the civil suits filed ever go to trial . Often , though , there is little incentive to settle until the pressure of a trial forces the party to be reasonable . The Atlanta Bar Association is sponsoring its second settlement week to urge some of the cases ow pending in Fulton County courts .