The Office is seeking an Assistant State’s Attorney to become the Conviction Integrity Program prosecutor within the Conviction Integrity Unit--Circuit Court Division, 9th Floor 120 E. Baltimore Street. The ASA will lead a dedicated investigator and law clerk in reviewing claims of factual innocence and wrongful conviction submitted out of court, directly to the
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Date: January 27, 2022 Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should vacate the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama's injunction of the execution of Matthew Reeves. Outcome: Injunction vacated Split: 5-4 (Chief Justice Roberts, and Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh in the majority; Kagan for the dissent, joined by Breyer and
In pursuit of a fulfilling and fair justice system, the IIP has published its new report, “Restorative Justice: A Best Practice Guide for Prosecutors in Smaller Jurisdictions.” This guide is the first of a series to be produced through the IIP’s Beyond Big Cities Initiative. The new report, authored by County Attorney Reese Frederickson (Pine County, MN), IIP Deputy
New Reproductive Health Resource for Prosecutors The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA) Announces the launch of its new Reproductive Health Resource for Prosecutors. APA's Addressing Disparities to Reproductive Health Project has developed a platform to provide medically-based information and scientific research in reproductive health. The purpose of this resource is to advance the
Association of Prosecuting Attorneys and Addressing Disparities to Reproductive Health Advisory Committee Releases Statement on the Criminalization of Reproductive Health For Immediate Release December 1, 2021 Contact: Jean Peters Baker, Jackson County Prosecutor and Co-chair, Addressing Disparities to Reproductive Health Advisory Committee, (816) 881-3555 The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA), through its
APA is pleased to announce the release of our new online resource meant to guide prosecutors in their efforts to minimize unnecessary collateral consequences. The Collateral Consequences resource website, located at https://bit.ly/APACCSite, is the culmination of a project launched by APA with support from the Koch Foundation in 2019 to address issues of unrelated
New Study Finds Staffing Shortages, High Workloads and Low Compensation Among the Nation’s Largest Prosecutors’ Offices WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 22, 2021– Researchers at Lafayette College, in collaboration with the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA), have released a new study reporting findings from a survey of the nation’s largest prosecutors’ offices. Dr. Adam Biener,
The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys is proud to announce the publication of the "Prosecutor Workplace and Compensation Study" with research partner Dr. Adam Biener at Lafayette College. This report illustrates exactly how prosecutors' offices around the country are facing stagnant compensation, staffing shortages, resource deficit, and case overload, particularly in light of the pandemic.
The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys and The Yale Justice Collaboratory Select Saint Paul and Columbus City Attorney’s Offices to Continue Trust and Legitimacy Project WASHINGTON, D.C. and New Haven, Conn. – November 17, 2021– The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, in partnership with Yale Law School’s Justice Collaboratory and LaGratta Consulting, announced today that they have
