RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Riverside County prosecutors are scrambling to re-
file complaints and submit motions challenging judges' decisions to dismiss
hundreds of criminal cases countywide, in what District Attorney Mike Hestrin
said today is fast becoming a "public safety crisis."According to the District Attorney's Office, judges have booted just
over 500 felony and misdemeanor cases since the second week of October, citing
a lack of available courtroom space for trials. Most of the cases were added to
dockets during the COVID public health lockdowns, when courts suspended many
operations under emergency orders from the California Office of the Chief
Justice.A backlog of roughly 2,800 cases developed. The chief justice's orders
expired on Oct. 7."The dismissal of cases and
