COVID-19 pandemic means long wait for crime victims in Bexar County
SAN ANTONIO When a moratorium on jury service was ordered in March amid fears of spreading the coronavirus, all jury trials in the Bexar County criminal justice system were put on hold. For victims of crime and their families that meant an even longer wait to have their case resolved. Defendants left in limbo during COVID-19 court shutdownBexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales said his advice for crime victims is to be patient. Were trying to do as much as we can remotely, all working together the courts and everybody involved in the system, Gonzales said. Not only have they been victims of crime, they could be victimized again by going down there and contracting this disease, Gonzales said.