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County state's attorneys tell committee caseloads, discovery volumes are at crisis levels; seek permanent positions and admin support
Summary
On March 26 the Senate Government Operations Committee heard an unscheduled briefing from the statewide executive committee of county state's attorneys warning of overwhelming caseloads, large digital discovery burdens and short staffing in prosecutor offices.
On March 26 the Senate Government Operations Committee heard an unscheduled briefing from the executive committee of Vermont county state's attorneys about staffing shortfalls, rising caseloads and the operational strain of modern digital discovery.
Ian Sullivan, Veil County State's Attorney and a member of the executive committee, told the committee the state's attorney system is carrying “just about 23,000 cases” across 14 state's attorneys and 58 deputy state's attorneys for a total of 72 prosecutors, which he said equates to an average caseload “between 3 and 400 cases per attorney.” Sullivan said the offices handle matters from low‑level thefts to homicide, and that in December’s data poll there were 96 pending homicide or homicide‑related cases statewide.
Sullivan and other executives described discovery workloads that have shifted from paper and a few…
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