CHARLOTTE — There is a new effort to get justice for survivors of domestic violence. Many of the victims have waited months, even years, for their day in court.
Channel 9 veteran crime reporter Mark Becker has followed the impact COVID-19 on courts in Mecklenburg County since the beginning.
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“They have been waiting, and only waiting,” assistant DA Samantha Pendergrass said. “Families are in crisis.”
There is a courtroom dedicated to domestic violence and it handles up to 65 cases weekly.
In the video at the top of this webpage, Becker has the latest update from prosecutors on the backlog of domestic violence cases in the court system.
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