The King County Prosecutor is furious. And when you hear these numbers, you’ll understand why.

Leesa Manion is a Democrat. She’s not a law-and-order, hang-’em-high crusader looking for headlines. She’s the elected prosecutor in one of the most progressive counties in the country. And even she’s saying that the system is broken.

She explicitly said she’s not calling for cuts to public defense. She just wants parity. Equal resources to protect victims’ constitutional rights. That’s not happening.

Her anger is expressed in a letter she sent to the King County Council regarding next year’s budget proposal. Despite documenting crisis-level caseloads, her office receives zero new prosecutors, while public defense receives 17.

In that letter, Manion said one of her deputy prosecutors is handl

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