Press Release: Report Finds Prosecutor Case Backlog Has Worsened since the Pandemic, Harming the Judicial System

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

2024-01-18T11:43:27-05:00January 18th, 2024|Announcements, APA In The News, Case Backlogs, Featured, News, Press Release|Comments Off on Press Release: Report Finds Prosecutor Case Backlog Has Worsened since the Pandemic, Harming the Judicial System

Case Backlog Training and Technical Assistance Competitive RFP Goes Live

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

2023-03-23T16:03:23-04:00March 23rd, 2023|Announcements, Case Backlogs, Featured|Comments Off on Case Backlog Training and Technical Assistance Competitive RFP Goes Live

Prosecutorial Case Backlogs Survey

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

2023-02-24T12:47:06-05:00November 28th, 2022|Announcements, Case Backlogs, Featured, Survey|Comments Off on Prosecutorial Case Backlogs Survey

Case Backlogs News Roundup 9/12/22

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

2022-09-12T09:43:32-04:00September 12th, 2022|Case Backlogs, Featured, News|Comments Off on Case Backlogs News Roundup 9/12/22

NEW Case Backlogs Listserv Created

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

2022-09-09T17:32:36-04:00September 9th, 2022|Announcements, Case Backlogs, Featured, News, Program Highlights, Resources|Comments Off on NEW Case Backlogs Listserv Created
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