Lawmakers in Dover said Tuesday that they were working to codify new internal policies at the Department of Justice, which aim to move Delaware toward a more “fair and equal” criminal justice system by prioritizing the prosecution of violent crimes over low-level, nonviolent offenses.

The new orders, outlined Monday in a seven-page memo by state Attorney General Kathy Jennings, instruct prosecutors to limit the the number of charges brought in indictments, consider alternatives to jail in fashioning plea agreements and expand expungements for marijuana possession or arrests for other offenses that are no longer crimes.