Anchorage Rebuilds Its Prosecutor’s Office After Reporting Revealed Hundreds of Criminal Case Dismissals
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Anchorage Rebuilds Its Prosecutor’s Office After Our Reporting Revealed Hundreds of Criminal Case Dismissals

The city dropped more than 250 domestic violence assault cases and more than 270 drunken driving cases between May 1 and Oct. 2 last year. Now it says it has hired a full staff of 12 “frontline” prosecutors who will take cases to trial.

ProPublica
Broken justice system laid bare as prisoners forced to wait five years in jail before trial

Number of accused held on remand hits record high with 15,000 languishing in overcrowded prisons

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