The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Crisis Assistance, Response, & Engagement for Survivors (CARES) Unit, which provides trauma-informed support to co-victims of homicide, observes International Peace Month in its August 2022 newsletter. This latest edition also includes a message from...
New in For the Commonwealth: Assistant District Attorney Chesley Lightsey (currently the Interim Supervisor for the DAO‘s Juvenile Unit) helped secure justice in a case involving a 40-year-old woman convicted for her role in the 2019 abuse and death of a 4-year-old child in her care. The Hon....
The chart below generated by the District Attorney’s Transparency Analytics (DATA) Lab highlights the number of incidents reported by the public to the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) from October 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022. The graph then breaks down the number of incidents with arrests made...
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Crisis Assistance, Response, & Engagement for Survivors (CARES) Unit, which provides trauma-informed support to co-victims of homicide, observes LGBTQIA+ Awareness Month in its June 2022 newsletter. Educate yourself and others about the epidemic of...
By Mikayla Smith, Research Assistant, DAO DATA Lab Casey Morrison and Lauren Laino, Research Interns, DAO DATA Lab Prosecutors utilize discretion when they decide whether or not to file charges, the type of charges to file, the cases for which they will seek to negotiate pleas, and what concessions...
The chart below generated by the District Attorney’s Transparency Analytics (DATA) Lab highlights the number of incidents reported by the public to the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) from September 1 to February 28, 2022. The graph then breaks down the number of incidents with arrests made...
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Crisis Assistance, Response, & Engagement for Survivors (CARES) Unit, which provides trauma-informed support to co-victims of homicide, observes Mental Health Awareness Month in their May newsletter. Access mental health supports and learn about the...