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Liberty County DA reports reorganization and 20%–30% drop in pending caseloads
Summary
District Attorney Billy Joe Nelson told Liberty County commissioners the circuit completed a three-year reorganization that created a prosecution team dedicated to Liberty County, and he reported an approximate 20%–30% reduction in pending caseloads since 2022, attributing the change to staffing, grand-jury usage and added judges.
Billy Joe Nelson, district attorney for the Atlantic Judicial Circuit, told the Liberty County Board of Commissioners on the board’s regular meeting that a three-year reorganization of the DA’s office is complete and that the changes have improved efficiency and reduced the backlog of pending cases.
Nelson said the office now has prosecution teams dedicated solely to Liberty County and that reassigning assistant district attorneys to narrower…
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