“Dear colleagues
The Department of Justice is developing and scheduled to launch, in early 2014, a new Elder Justice Website to serve as a resource to elder abuse prosecutors and others. One key component of the website is a repository of federal and state court pleadings in elder abuse, neglect and exploitation cases. We hope this repository will ameliorate at least one of the barriers to elder abuse prosecutions, namely the lack of training and guidance. we are currently looking for good examples of publicly filed documents (e.g., indictments or informations, motions, and sentencing memoranda) in every state. As we hope to launch the website in early 2014, we need to have all submissions by December 16, 2013. If emailing the documents is inconvenient, please feel free to email us cases with the docket numbers and county/state name so the pleadings can be retrieved from your local clerk of court at our expense/effort. Your submission can make a huge difference not just to other prosecutors, but also to elder abuse victims as well.” I do have contact information if anyone needs it. Have a good evening.
