Dallas Court Goes Paperless – Hello, Indiana?
February 17th, 2010 admin
I do not often post on criminal matters but DFW Texas News on Twitter ’s Dallas County criminal court records go paperless caught my eye. The federal courts have been doing this for several years now. I will admit to some gripes about that system but people this will come to pass some day. Anyone have any thoughts?
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