Politics & Government
Alameda County DA Price Working To Correct Backlog Of Criminal Cases
The DA said a lack of case file dating has led to hundreds surpassing the statute of limitations, meaning they can no longer be prosecuted.
October 17, 2024
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price said her office is working to correct a backlog of misdemeanor and domestic violence cases found by her office both early last year and over the summer.
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"What we found was that it has always been apparently a manual process, and one of the major flaws is that when cases are received in the DA's Office there is no mechanism or process by which the date of the incident is actually recorded," said DA Price.
The DA said a lack of case file dating has led to hundreds surpassing the statute of limitations, meaning those cases are no longer able to be prosecuted.
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