With 18,000-plus case backlog, jury trials to resume next week

Betsy PriceGovernment, Headlines

        Jury chairs spaced out 3 feet apart await those called for duty in New Castle County.   With thousands of criminal cases backlogged in Delaware courts because of the COVID-19 pandemic, jury trials are set to start June 1 with new safety-minded procedures and furnishings.  A tour Wednesday of the Leonard Williams Justice Center, which is …