Swampoodle1984 t1_ja0mvi5 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 11:20 PM

Reply to comment by AnonyJustAName in Opinion | Is D.C. juvenile justice a revolving door? We need to know. by Maxcactus

Former Hill East ANC Commissioner Denise Krepp has been trying to get data from the USAODC for years. I believe she had to sue several years ago and still has to do FOIA requests to get any data.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/29/my-seven-year-journey-get-answers-dc-crime-prosecutions/

AnonyJustAName t1_ja19lfz wrote on February 26, 2023 at 2:17 AM

It's my understanding that Congress got her a few numbers, once.

Last year, Graves told her they don't keep stats. Thus, they continue to not respond to FOIAs. She has a clip of the Zoom meeting on her Twitter.

NO USAO has ever released stats consistently no matter what President appointed them.

The AG does respond to FOIA requests.

Swampoodle1984 t1_ja34hnn wrote on February 26, 2023 at 2:23 PM

Damn that twitter clip is wild. Seems like it would be very easy to give her the data if they are actually tracking it. Maybe they aren't? Or have very old technology?

AnonyJustAName t1_ja3dpjw wrote on February 26, 2023 at 3:31 PM

Not tracking it would be justification for not responding to FOIA, I suspect? And there have been no consequences for failing to respond to FOIAs. Again, this is not just a Graves issue, this has been true of every USAO appointed by every President, to my knowledge.

However Congress did get her a few numbers one time, as kind of a snapshot. Since they have oversight over DOJ, that would be good info to have. The DA in LA was recalled. Does the USAO prosecute more or less cases than that DA? Who knows???!