In Minnesota's chief federal judge on Wednesday urged congress to prevent automatically continue to the next fiscal year's budget cuts, said is expected to slow down the judicial process, reduce the threat and the public safety.
Chief U.S. district court judge Michael Davis said: "our infrastructure will collapse, and the quality of justice will be reduced, in Minnesota's congressional delegation held a discussion of the influence of the automatic budget cuts, is called the seal member breakfast.
Davis from other 48 countries and chief magistrates sent a letter to congress earlier this month, he said briefly detained in "the next year there will be a devastating and long-lasting effects on the country's judicial administration". More cuts may lead to criminal detention, GPS monitoring criminals, delay the case, the court building security get rid of the drug test.
In the justice department's budget spending bills through the house of representatives and the senate appropriations committee, including a modest increase, but there is no guarantee that they will approve of the next fiscal year before October 1st.
Davies said the federal judiciary need $6.97 billion, the distribution function of budget, call is just a "note" the federal budget. The judiciary's overall nearly $35 billion, the 2013 fiscal year budget cuts, including nearly 12000 in the local.
Davis said, probation and pretrial services office a 25% cut in fiscal 2013, a new round of cuts drug criminals do drug testing, flat in 2014. GPS monitoring high-risk criminals must also be cut, "he said.
In fiscal year 2013, in Minnesota, a federal defender Katherian Roy said, her office is reduced from 20 employees to 18, including eight lawyers and three survey. In fiscal year 2014, she looked at another 10% reduction, this will lead to some layoffs or 30 days of vacation, everyone in her office.
Details will be put off, she says, detain suspects may be more long time to test.
To the competent lawyers, 'Mr. Davis says, the poor have the right to represent them for free.
"This is not a charity for the poor - this is the constitutional rights," Davis said.
Davis said, Minnesota is one of the country's busiest area, ranking among the top 10 or 20 before work, according to the different year. Area is a complex area of litigation, and need a lot of patents and civil cases, he said. It also requires additional security and terrorism cases and gang case processing.
Security budget slices, the safety of the judge, court officials, the public and the defendant has a risk, he said.
Democratic representative Keith ellison to attend the breakfast on Wednesday, and said, the judicial system of funds is doing the right thing.
"Even if you think should be cut the budget, you should not cut the third branch of government, it doesn't work," ellison said. "This is the deficiencies of the legislation, in my point of view."
Davis says he hopes to do something before it is too late.
"I never beg for. I'm too proud to beg," Davis told lawmakers office representative. "However, this is I want you to feel very closely under the condition of one of the few times."
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