Prosecutors are overwhelmed. These orgs are taking the pressure off Find out how justice that focuses on safer, faster resolution can be more effective — and better for the community — than punishment. Justice delayed is justice denied. This oft-repeated legal phrase is playing out in prosecutors’ offices across the country.
Contact: Beth Parker Beth.parker@apainc.org For Immediate Release Report Finds Prosecutor Case Backlog Has Worsened since the Pandemic, Harming the Judicial System Survey by Association of Prosecuting Attorneys and Lafayette College reveals mounting caseload challenges facing U.S. prosecutors January 17, 2024—U.S. prosecutor offices have an average of more than 14,000 cases awaiting trial, according
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The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, with support from the Stand Together Trust, is excited to announce training and technical assistance (TTA) opportunities for prosecutors’ offices across the country via the Prosecutorial Case Backlogs project. This is a competitive application. The goal of this effort is to provide site-specific training and technical assistance, as well
UPDATE 2/24/23: ACCEPTING RESPONSES ON A ROLLING BASIS--QUESTIONS? EMAIL sasha.beatty@APAInc.org November 28, 2022 Dear Colleagues, Case backlog is a pressing, system-crippling criminal justice issue that is currently being experienced by many prosecutors’ offices across the country. Case backlogs can be the result of a variety of circumstances and, in order to diagnose these issues
This article discusses the link between court backlogs on violent crime rates and explores the different causal connections associated with this backlog, such as the interruption of court services during the pandemic and staffing shortages. The article also gives examples of ways other jurisdictions have approached the issue. The advent of the new
We at APA are happy to announce that we have created a Prosecutorial Case Backlogs listserv for prosecutors and prosecution teams to use. This listserv is created under the Case Backlogs Project, funded by Stand Together Trust (STT). The listserv is housed on Google Groups and has the dual function of an email listserv
