COVID-19 and the courts: How innovations keep Pa.’s legal system running in a pandemic

Scales of Justice

The scales of justice.

There is no doubt COVID-19 has caused problems in the courts of Pennsylvania, especially as they try to juggle the demand for social distancing with the need to conduct jury trials.

Yet that added pressure has also prompted some beneficial changes, including some streamlining that otherwise might not have happened.

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