Case Backlog Resources

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Staffing Survey Nationwide Case Backlog Survey 2023

Staffing Survey

In 2021, researchers at Lafayette College, in collaboration with the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA), released a study reporting findings from a survey of the nation’s largest prosecutors’ offices. The survey measured staffing, compensation, allocation of staff time across different programmatic offerings as well as the impact of COVID-19 on office operations. This report provides new evidence on prosecutor office staffing and compensation and is one of the first assessments of how prosecutors’ offices allocate staff resources to casework as well as other programmatic offerings such as prosecutor-led diversion or conviction integrity units.

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Nationwide Case Backlog Survey 2023

U.S. prosecutor offices have an average of more than 14,000 cases awaiting trial, according to a national survey released today by The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA).

The survey, conducted by Dr. Adam Biener at Lafayette College and funded by Stand Together Trust, found that there has been an average increase of 5,565 cases per office and a 62% increase in case backlogs since the court disruptions due to COVID-19. Case backlogs are cases pending before the court for a longer period than typically experienced and/or a period longer than prescribed by the court.

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Case Backlog Resources

Documents and Downloads

Webinars and Trainings

Case Backlog: Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office – eDiscovery (6/24/22)

Case Backlog: Elmore County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office (5/14/2024)

Case Backlog Ramsey County (4/3/2024)

Augusta Judicial Circuit | Addressing Case Backlogs: Screening (3/21/2024)

Innovative Practices and Policies to Reduce Criminal Case Backlogs (3/31/22)

Conducting Jury Trials in a Pandemic

Association of Prosecuting Attorneys