Today, we’re looking at the overall lag time data: the average period from the order granting the petition for review in non-death penalty criminal cases to oral argument.

The average was 392.57 days in 1990, 310.56 in 1991, 440.04 in 1992, 451.64 in 1993, 442.29 in 1994, 485.35 in 1995, 575.1 in 1996, 320.8 in 1997, 529.13 in 1998 and 495.19 days in 1999.

Average lag time was 500.55 days in 2000, 460.34 in 2001, 471.39 in 2002, 551.95 in 2003, 537.77 in 2004, 526.11 in 2005, 657.21 in 2006, 717.03 in 2007, 639.63 in 2008 and 550.86 days in 2009.

The average lag time was 572.47 days in 2010, 636.56 in 2011, 626.35 in 2012, 571.13 in 2013, 652.84 in 2014, 650.27 in 2015, 642.36 in 2016 and 1891.55 days in 2017 (the result of one considerable outlier). In 2018, average lag time was 864.72 days. In 2019, the average was 1090.28 days.

Join us back here next Thursday as we examine a new issue.

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