Prosecution Function

Previously known at the U.S. Attorney's Manual. Especially the section Priniciples of Federal Prosecution, 9-27.0000

Contains attorney general opinions, legislative history documents (hearings, Congressional Research Services Reports), books and journals.

Comment to Model Rule 3.8 ("Special Responsibilities of a Prosecutor")

American Bar Association's prosecution function standards.

National District Attorney's Association, Fourth Edition
National District Attorney's Assoc. Publications (list)

This is an older edition of the standards. It has commentary and footnotes with citations that may be useful.

Catalog of Federal Judicial Center publications, including research reports, monographs on substantive legal subjects, manuals, and reference guides.

Justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development

Information on priority areas, statistical reports, news.

An Ohio association of researchers from colleges, universities, and state agencies working together to provide evidence-based solutions to the real-world problems faced by local criminal justice agencies

A broad array of information on federal sentencing practices from the U.S. Sentencing Commission, a bipartisan, independent agency located in the judicial branch of government

Discusses the roles, priorities, and community initiatives of the New York city prosecutor, but also offers a number of educational resources

"The Justice Program advances data-driven, innovative, practical legal reforms; seeks new empirical analyses; crafts innovative policy solutions; and advances legislation and litigation in its efforts to end mass incarceration."

"Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) brings together newly elected local prosecutors as part of a network of leaders committed to promoting a justice system grounded in fairness, equity, compassion, and fiscal responsibility." Site contains issue briefs and news. See esp. 21 Principles for the 21st Century Prosecutor

"Justice Policy Institute is a national nonprofit organization that changes the conversation around justice reform and advances policies that promote well-being and justice for all people and communities. Our research and analyses identify effective programs and policies and we disseminate our findings to the media, policymakers and advocates..."

"We work with others who share our vision to tackle the most pressing injustices of our day—from the causes and consequences of mass incarceration, racial disparities, and the loss of public trust in law enforcement, to the unmet needs of the vulnerable, the marginalized, and those harmed by crime and violence." See esp. Reshaping Prosecution and Unlocking the Black Box of Prosecution

Reports released by the Death Penalty Information Center since its inception, covering subjects such as race, innocence, politicization, costs of the death penalty, and more

Oct. 1, 2020
Criminologists from Florida International University and Loyola University Chicago partnered with prosecutor’s offices from Chicago, Milwaukee, Jacksonville, and Tampa to develop a menu of 55 prosecutorial performance indicators (PPIs) and redefine success for prosecutors.

The Safety and Justice Challenge is providing support to local leaders from across the country who are determined to tackle one of the greatest drivers of over-incarceration in America—the misuse and overuse of jails. Site includes research reports, news.

Accepts cases of actual innocence in Ohio; non-DNA cases only; prisoner is serving a lengthy prison sentence; prisoner has exhausted the legal process.

The Special Litigation Section works to protect civil rights in the following areas: 1) the rights of people in state or local institutions, including: jails, prisons, juvenile detention facilities, and health care facilities for persons with disabilities; 2) the rights of individuals with disabilities to receive services in their communities rather than in institutions; 3) the rights of people who interact with state or local police or sheriffs' departments; 4) the rights of youth involved in the juvenile justice system; 5) the rights of people to have safe access to reproductive health care clinics; and 6) the rights of people to practice their religion while confined in institutions.

Transgender Law Center’s Detention Project works to end the abuses transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) people experience in prisons, jails, immigration detention, state hospitals, and other forms of detention, and at the hands of law enforcement. Write them concerning TGNC issues, or to obtain copies of their list of available reports and publications including Safety Inside: Problems Faced by Transgender Prisoners and Common Sense Solutions to Them, and Advocating for Yourself While in Custody in California.

The Sentencing Project is a national policy research and advocacy organization that works for a fair and effective criminal justice system by promoting sentencing reform and alternatives to incarceration. They produce excellent reports on topics related to sentencing policy, racial disparities, drug policy, juvenile justice and voting rights. (May not timely respond to letters.)

Solitary Watch works to expose and oppose the use of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons and jails, and offers a free quarterly newsletter to prisoners.

Accepts cases of actual innocence in Ohio; DNA and non-DNA cases; no sentence requirements.

FAMM is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization fighting for fair and proportionate sentencing laws that allow judicial discretion while maintaining public safety, and primarily advocates for state and federal sentencing reform. (May not timely respond to letters.)

All of Us or None is a national organizing initiative of prisoners and former prisoners to combat the many forms of discrimination that prisoners face upon release.

The non-profit, non-partisan Prison Policy Initiative produces cutting edge research to expose the broader harm of mass criminalization, and then sparks advocacy campaigns to create a more just society.

Collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. These data are critical to federal, state, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice is both efficient and evenhanded.

Search a collection of data and plea documents. Find out how prosecutors handled corporate crimes. Also, data visualizations showing penalty amounts by crime and year.

NACJD is home to several large-scale and well known datasets, including the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), and the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN).

Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services: Crime Statistics and Crime Reports

Collection of various Ohio reports, e.g. Community Sanctions reports or Key Recidivism reports

Data sets from federal, state and local government.

A database the library subscribes to. Has Crime and Law Enforcement stats.

2012, New York County District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. discusses his office's Conviction Integrity Program. Also discusses the experiences of a prosecutor and the future of the profession.

Presented by the NY School of Law, this forum discusses the positives and negatives of entering into the prosecution field of law

Presented by professor Stephen Bright of Yale Law, this video gives a detailed explanation of the process of prosecution, and the discretion given to the prosecutor, with special attention paid to the prosecution of capital punishment cases

A series of videos specifically targeting key players in the judicial system: judges, prosecutors and public defenders.

Answering the question of whether "U.S. Prosecutors have too much power," two legal authorities share their perspectives in this mediated formal debate by Intelligence Squared Debates