How the Anchorage district attorney’s office is doing more with less

Anchorage saw a record number of homicides in 2016. The 34 murders have meant more work for Anchorage police, but also for the district attorney’s office at a time when the office is already downsizing because of budget cuts.
Dozens of case files and a handful of hearings are all in a day’s work for Anchorage District Attorney Clint Campion.
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