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Prosecutors in State Courts, 1992

TYPICAL STATE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IS SMALL WITH LARGE CASELOAD
 
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1993                  202-307-0784
 
TYPICAL STATE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IS SMALL 
WITH LARGE CASELOAD
 
     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Most state prosecutors have
relatively small staffs to handle large criminal caseloads,
the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) said today.  According
to a 1992 survey, half of the nation's state prosecutors...

Prosecutors in State Courts, 2001

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SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2002 202/307-0784

NUMBER OF FULL-TIME PROSECUTORS GROWS IN NATION'S STATE COURT SYSTEMS

WASHINGTON, D.C.- The nation's 2,341 local prosecutorial districts headed by full-time prosecutors has increased during the last decade from 53 percent to 77 percent of the total, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. As of last year, there...