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Editor's Note

Aug. 1, 2012

Editor's Note

What would it take for the state to realize that cutting court budgets to the bone is morally indefensible? Here's one scenario: A young woman applies for a temporary restraining order against her physically abusive husband. She knows that he is violent and unpredictable. She also knows that he will be furious with her once he finds out what she has done. But the court is so crippled by budget cuts that it is unable to respond to her request promptly. Hours turn into d...

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