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Prince William Commonwealth Attorney seeks staff boosts, $750,000 Axon upgrade to avoid discovery failures
Summary
Commonwealth Attorney Amy Ashworth asked the Board of County Supervisors for additional prosecutors, paralegals and administrative staff to handle a 25% rise in criminal filings and requested funding for a roughly $750,000, five-year upgrade to Axon evidence accounts to prevent evidence-management problems that can lead to case dismissals.
Prince William County Commonwealth Attorney Amy Ashworth told the Board of County Supervisors the volume and complexity of criminal cases in the county have grown sharply and her office needs more staff and technology to meet discovery and trial demands.
my Ashworth, the elected Commonwealth Attorney for Prince William County and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park, said her office currently staffs 61 prosecutors, 28 administrative staff and 17 victim-witness team members and that filings have risen more than 25% in two years. "Our mission is straightforward: to vigorously enforce the law, pursue the truth, and serve the community with integrity," she said.
Why it matters: Ashworth said the increase in filings means more victims to support and far more digital discovery to review, organize and turn over to defense counsel. She told supervisors that insufficient administrative and paralegal staffing forces attorneys to perform routine…
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