Earmark - To improve the functioning of the criminal justice system and enforce state and local laws - University of Kentucky Rural Drug Prosecution Assistance Project.

Agency:		Department of Justice
Bureau:		Office of Justice Programs
Account:		State and local law enforcement assistance (15-0404)
Certifying Official:		Deputy Director, OBMS
Contact Information:		http://WWW.USDOJ.GOV 202-514-2007

To improve the functioning of the criminal justice system and enforce state and local laws - University of Kentucky Rural Drug Prosecution Assistance Project.

1 recipient will receive $987,000. This is a first-time earmark.

Year Enacted: 2005

Code: 197

Description: The criminal justice system in many parts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is severely strained by a rising tide of drug-related prosecutions. This surge in prosecutions taxes existing prosecutorial, defense, and judicial resources. To meet the rising tide of drug-related prosecutions, it will be necessary to find additional prosecutorial resources. It will also be necessary to augment the resources available to the public defenders who defend many of these cases, and to the judges before whom the cases are tried. To meet the rising tide, it would also be appropriate to retain the expertise of existing participants in the criminal justice system, rather than losing them to more lucrative opportunities within the legal profession. It would be especially appropriate and helpful to give prosecutors and public defenders additional incentives to increase their retention rates. The goal of the project is to enhance the ability of the criminal justice system in the rural parts of the Commonwealth to prosecute, defend, and adjudicate the increased volume of drug-related cases. To achieve this goal, the University of Kentucky Research Foundation, School of Law, will use the 2005 Congressional Earmark funds to: (1) acquaint prospective lawyers with the opportunities available in the rural parts of the Commonwealth relating to the prosecution of drug-related cases; (2) increase the number of prosecutors in the rural parts of the Commonwealth to work on drug-related prosecutions; (3) increase the number of public defenders in the rural parts of the Commonwealth to work on drug-related prosecutions; and, (4) augment the clerking resources available to judges in the rural parts of the Commonwealth to handle drug-related prosecutions.

Beneficiary/Recipient	Amount ($K)	Program	Type	Address
University of Kentucky Research Foundation (939017877)	$987		Public Educational Institution	109 Kinkead Hall Lexington, KY

Citation

Source: Appropriations Report Language - Conference

Reference: Pub. L. No. 108-447

Method: User entered excerpt

Citation Excerpt: $1,000,000 for the University of Kentucky Rural Drug Prosecution Assistance Project;

Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007