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District attorney asks county to fund dedicated violent‑crimes prosecutor as murder caseload rises

Nueces County Commissioners Court · August 12, 2019
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District Attorney Kathy Mills told commissioners that charged murder and capital-murder cases rose from 13 in 2015 to 51 in 2018; she asked the court to approve a specialist prosecutor to manage high-level homicide caseloads and improve retention.

Kathy Mills, the county’s district attorney, and Matt Manning visited the Aug. 12 budget workshop to press for the creation of a dedicated violent/high‑crimes prosecutor. They presented case counts showing that the number of charged murder and capital‑murder cases brought to the office climbed from 13 in 2015 to 51 in 2018, with 30 of those cases still pending…

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