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District attorney's office warns staffing strain as domestic-violence caseloads surge
Summary
District Attorney's office representatives told the joint commissions that vertical domestic-violence prosecutors are overburdened: six attorneys handle roughly 270 cases per month, trials rose 92% year over year, and the office seeks additional investigators and advocates to keep victims engaged.
Jean Roland, the managing attorney assigned to domestic violence, stalking and physical elder abuse in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, told the joint hearing that the office's vertical unit is under-resourced while caseloads and trials have risen.
Roland described a unit of six attorneys handling approximately 270 domestic-violence…
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