After facing an increasing backlog in homicide cases, the First Judicial District is now clearing them at a faster rate than new prosecutions are being filed.
Court leaders, prosecutors and public defenders attribute the change to several factors, including the earlier review of homicide cases by prosecutors and the decreased rate at which the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office is seeking the death penalty for homicides.
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