In total,these hearings are estimated to have cost the local government over $1,000,000,not counting the time that personnel such as bailiffs and guards,attorneys,experts and others have lost to more productive tasks.

• 总体上，据估计这些听证会要花费地方政府1百万多美元，还不包括下列人员如法警、狱警、律师、专家以及其他人失去的从事其他更加有价值的工作的时间。