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By Sarena Straus, Esq.

On Being a ProsecutorA while back, I posted about why I left the DA's office. The post got some wonderful responses and I wanted to share one in particular from RAG of The Somewhat Daily RAG:"As a career prosecutor -- 26 years on the job -- I understand every word that you wrote.Generally speaking, prosecutors throughout the country, regardless of jurisdiction, are underpaid, overworked and underappreciated. Many of my younger prosecutors make less than their secretaries. The state eliminated pay progression (step system) a few years ago and thus one of my junior colleages calculated that it would take him 67 years to reach my salary.The burnout factor is high. On any given Monday we may have 20, 30, 40 (at one time I had 64) jury trials scheduled for the same time, often with no idea of which case will actually be tried...continue to full post

Full post as published by Prosecutor Postscript on August 15, 2007 (boomark / email).