Speak Up: Kent County Courthouse moving to Phase 3 of reopening

The Delaware court system will transition back into Phase 3 of its reopening plan this week, allowing the Kent County Courthouse to resume in-person jury trials and proceedings June 1.

Under an order signed by Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr., the courts will open to the public and resume in-person jury trials for the first time since the fall. The courts first moved into Phase 3 back in October, according to the courts’ Chief of Community Relations Sean O’Sullivan, only to convert back to Phase 2 shortly after due to a statewide spike in COVID-19 cases.

• Time to open up already and get back to work.— Cal William

• And next, they will be begging for more money, saying they have too much work to do, Undermanned and understaffed. Not saying they just took the last year off. — Bob Beckman

• And probably did not lose one cent of payroll. — Amy Walton

• Amazing. Literally, the last body of people to go back to work.— Brian Moritz

• Only 11 months too late. Thanks for destroying the economy, Democrats. — Rob Holley