Four months into her new job as Seattle City Attorney, Ann Davison and Natalie Walton-Anderson, her chief criminal prosecutor, defended their decision in front of the City Council not to prosecute 2,000 cases. FOX13
Seattle’s new City Attorney, who ran on a ‘tough on crime’ platform, will not be prosecuting nearly 2,000 cases in an effort to ease a case backlog.
Her office will still prosecute backlogged cases that involve crimes against people, including 971 domestic violence cases, 949 Assault cases, 469 DUI’s, 454 harassment cases, and 170 that involve weapons charges.
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