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an honorary doctorate from new york university, learn to live alongside cringe. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a russian soldier has pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed civilian, in the first war crimes trial in ukraine, since the russian invasion began. appearing in court in kyiv, the 21—year—old admitted shooting dead a ukrainian man, as he pushed a bicycle on the road. our correspondent sarah rainsford sent this report. this was a major moment for ukraine, the first russian soldier accused of a war crime already up in court. vadim shishimarin i...

In the middle of a war, but everyone here knows that they're under scrutiny, they know they have to be transparent. and what ukraine says is that it's not looking for scapegoats. this is not a show trial. they want justice. sarah rainsford, bbc news, kyiv. well earlier i spoke to oona hathaway who's a professor of international law at yale law school. i asked her how different and difficult it was for war crime investigations to take place whilst a country is in the midst of an invasion. this is pretty extraordinary. we have not really seen a case like this where we have war crime trials happe...

>> so you're agreeing with the chief in chicago. what are you seeing specifically to that issue in miami? >> well, look, i'm fortunate that when i got here i kind of rang the alarm here in miami, and our judges here actually met with me right away. our d.a. met with me right away. i've only been here a few months. i came from harris county, which is the largest county in texas in houston where there are 100,000 cases waiting to go to court, waiting to go to trial. people going in, murder suspects on 100 bond, four, five, six bonds, criminals going out and killing people, hurting people. it's t...

Traffic tickets and parking tickets. budget cuts from sacramento mean fewer judges and court employees to keep the courts running. >> we keep cutting courtrooms because we don't have the resources, it will get worse, and we'll do our best, but there's only so much we can do with less money to keep our courts running. >> reporter: and they've already laid off 330 employees here, they're talking about closing 17 courtrooms, and another 20% cut is coming. that means people are only going to be more frustrated and those lines could get even longer, jon. jon: some people would say it would be a goo...

Waiting to pay parking tickets and traffic tickets. budget cuts from sacramento, means fewer judges and court employees to keep those courts running. >> i sent in the my check, it has not cleared and it says here if i don't show up they'll have a warrant for my arrest and here a am. i didn't expect to see hundreds and hundreds, almost a thousand and they say there are only two windows open. >> reporter: now they've laid off 330 employees, here in l.a., and they are talking about closing down 17 courthouses, and, there is another 20% cut on the horizon here, and, people are just going to get mo...