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Publications
Reports, amicus briefs, white papers, toolkits, and other publications from APA’s research and advocacy across the prosecution field.
Reports
APA End of Year Reports+
Case Backlogs+
Data Collection+
Political Violence+
Prosecutors and Politics: Collaborative Strategies and Model Practices for Addressing Threats and Acts of Political Violence →
Preliminary Report on New Recommendations for State and Local Prosecutors to Address Violence Against Elected Officials, Public Servants, and Government Institutions.
Prosecutorial Independence+
Prosecutorial Workplace and Compensation+
Prosecutors for Prosecutors (PFP)+
PFP Final Report →
A summary of PFP’s work uniting U.S. prosecutors in support of colleagues in Afghanistan. The program has concluded.
Amicus Briefs
Prosecutorial Independence / Discretion+
Hubbard v. State of Florida, Case No. SC2024-1522, L.T. No. 4D22-3429 (filed June 2, 2025)
State of Florida v. Ronald Lee Miller, Case No. 3D22-2180/L.T. No. F22-15012 (filed 10/6/23)
State of Florida v. Robert Lee Wood, Case No. 3D22-1925/L.T. No. F22-15009 (filed 10/26/23)
State of Florida v. Peter Washington, Jr., Case No. 6D23-2104/L.T. No. 2022 CF-009611-A-O (filed 10/30/23)
State of Florida v. Terry Hubbard, Case No. 4D22-3429/L.T. No. 22-8077CF10A (filed 12/19/23)
Nathan Shirl Hart v. State of Florida, Case No. 2D23-0493/L.T. No. 22-CF-011041-A (filed 3/18/24)
Larry McKay v. State of Tennessee, No. W2023-01207-CCA-R9-CO (filed 2/1/24), Tennessee Court of Appeals
Larry McKay v. State of Tennessee, Shelby County, No. W2023-01207-SC-R11-CO, amicus brief in support of application for permission to appeal, Tennessee Supreme Court (filed Dec. 17, 2024)
Letter brief filed in the Georgia Supreme Court, Re: Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission Rules and Code of Conduct, Matter No. S24U0190 (filed November 17, 2023)
Animal Cruelty+
State of Ohio v. Alonzo Kyles, Case No. 2023-1182 (filed February 27, 2024)
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Sheron Jalen Purnell, No. 71 MAP 2020 (filed March 8, 2021)
People of the State of New York v. Curtis Basile, Case No. 068755 (filed April 29, 2015)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Maryann Russo, Case No. SJC-13531 (filed February 13, 2024)
State of Oregon v. Amanda L. Newcomb, Case No. 110443303 (filed October 2014)
State of Oregon v. Lisa Diane Fessenden, Case No. 10CR2252MI (filed March 2014)
People of the State of New York v. Luis Jimenez, Case No. APL-2021-00029 (filed August 31, 2022)
State of Washington v. Charmarke Abdi-Issa (filed September 3, 2021)
Gun Violence / Domestic Violence+
Reproductive Health+
Kaul v. Urmanski, Case No. 2022-CV-1594, joint brief of amici curiae in support of Dane County and Milwaukee County District Attorneys, Circuit Court of Dane County, Wisconsin (filed September 29, 2023)
Kaul v. Urmanski, Case No. 2022CV001594, amicus curiae in support of respondents, Wisconsin Supreme Court (filed September 18, 2024)
White Paper
Toolkits
Data Collection+
Diversion+
Domestic Violence+
Retail Theft+
Publications
Data Collection+
Safety + Justice Challenge+
Working Toward Safety and Justice through Police and Prosecutor Partnerships →
Innovations in Prosecutorial Practices: Lessons Learned from Safety and Justice Challenge Leadership Institutes →
Exploring Innovations: At the Boundary of Adolescence & Young Adulthood →
Beyond the Adversarial System: Achieving the Challenge →
Prosecutorial Independence+
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