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Challenges in the District Attorney’s Office

Overworked, Underpaid. Understaffed. That is the day-to-day reality faced by the 24 lawyers working to bring criminals to justice in Lane County. The case numbers are staggering. In 2025, the office filed 4,840 criminal cases involving 3,525 victims. The advent of technology has made the work more time consuming; reviewing all the body camera footage takes substantial amounts of time. District Attorney Chris Parosa describes the issue as a “looming crisis” and fears a mass exodus of prosecutors, similar to the 18 months in 2021 and 2022 when 16 prosecutors left the office. In this program, our district attorney describes…

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