YORK, S.C. – A York County judge says he’ll consider whether the county's grand jury should be replaced and if more than 900 indictments by that grand jury be tossed.

• Lawyers say clients' cases got an average 39 seconds for each deliberation
• They question if that is proper due process
• Judge will issue a ruling within two weeks

The judge heard arguments from both sides about 904 indictments passed on June 14.  

Lawyers say their clients’ cases got an average of 39 secondse each for grand jury deliberations. They questioned if that's proper due process. 

"This defendant may have gotten more time, but mathematically it is fact that that defendant over there had his time cut from 39 seconds down to who knows what,” attorney Leland Greeley says. “And so, one of them has had an injustice done." 

By comparison, the grand jury passed 438 indictments in February, 347 in March, 389 in April and 387 in May, according to court records. 

Sixteenth court solicitor Kevin Brackett says some of the cases can be decided quickly because the grand jurors are efficient. He says even some court proceedings are decided within minutes. 

At one point, the judge also mentioned due process. 

York County operates a differentiated case management system that requires a preliminary hearing.

The judge asked Brackett if defendants were denied that right if their case moves straight to a grand jury.

"Not if he was indicted because the indictment stands to substitute for the preliminary hearing,” Brackett said.

"The constitutional right to due process is what protects people from government and we must always defend due process from being systematically eroded," Greeley said in a statement.

The judge says he’ll issue a ruling within two weeks.