District Attorney's Office

A second chance may be arriving for more than a hundred people facing decades inside California prisons.

The District Attorney is reviewing prison sentences for low-risk inmates who committed non-violent crimes. NBC 7’s Melissa Adan has the story.

Dwain Woodley, who previously served as chief deputy district attorney, now holds the number two spot in the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, taking over for David Greenberg, who retired last month.

Meet San Diego’s new Assistant District Attorney, Dwain Woodley – the county’s first African American to hold that title.

Workplace abuse goes largely unreported in San Diego County. Hear DA Summer Stephan’s plan to combat it.

The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office has created a new unit to address workplace crimes like wage theft and labor trafficking.

NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado has the story.

Local law enforcement and school districts are teaming up to help support students who may be experiencing trauma at home. The agencies are using an app called ‘Handle with Care,’ developed in partnership with the San Diego County District Attorney’s office. “We know that sometimes law enforcement responds to homes where there’s domestic violence, child abuse and drugs in...

Reviews of four police shootings — two of them deadly — and an in-custody death by the district attorney’s office determined the officers involved acted reasonably in defense of themselves and/or others and would not be criminally prosecuted.

Family members of police shooting victims were among those gathered outside the Hall of Justice Downtown Friday morning to announce a new campaign “Prosecute or Resign.” They want District Attorney Summer Stephan to hold officers accountable for what they call abusive and illegal behaviors. “We need to have accountability for these officers,” said Maria Hoyt, aunt of police shooting victim…

The coalition wants the District Attorney to prosecute officers for alleged abusive and illegal behavior.

Law enforcement agents who fired their service weapons at suspects in three no-fatal incidents dating back to 2015 were cleared by the San Diego County District Attorney’s office of criminal liability.

The San Diego County District Attorney has asked the courts to reduce 25,000 marijuana convictions from felonies to misdemeanors and dismiss an additional 1,000 misdemeanor convictions completely.

A man convicted of separate knifepoint sex assaults in Southern California dating back to 1995 will spend the next half century in prison, a judge decided Thursday.

The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office released helicopter footage from a 2017 officer-involved shooting, and officer-worn camera footage from two in-custody death incidents from 2018 and 2020. All three incidents were reviewed by the DA and the law enforcement personnel involved in each were cleared of criminal liability. 2017 Officer-Involved Shooting in Old Town Thermographic helicopter footage from a…

The San Diego County District Attorney’s announced that dozens of alleged drug dealers have been indicted and arrested in a major sting operation across the East Village area.

The District Attorney’s Office announced the indicted of dozens of alleged drug dealers in the East Village area.

A Los Angeles man accused of intentionally setting a tent ablaze on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, killing a homeless man, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a capital murder charge.

Domestic violence is impacting thousands of San Diegans every single year, and while the statistics are startling local law enforcement agencies believe the numbers don’t tell the entire story of the under-reported crime.

Domestic violence impacts thousands of San Diegans every year. The District Attorney announced a new campaign on Tuesday that will help healthcare professionals better identify domestic violence strangulation. NBC 7’s Danny Freeman examines the new initiative and NBC 7 Investigates brings you the numbers on domestic violence.