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Domestic Violence, Child Abuse and DUI Cases Are Being Dismissed en Masse in Anchorage (www.propublica.org)

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An effort to clear a backlog in the court system, combined with a lack of prosecutors, has led hundreds of people charged with an array of criminal misdemeanors in Alaska’s most-populous city to have their cases dropped without a trial.

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[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 17 points 4 days ago

Wow! Domestic violence and child abuse is a misdemeanour? Probably highlights why there is so much domestic violence and child abuse.