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By Lee Darragh
District attorney of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit
As a new assistant district attorney in 1979, I started my prosecution career in Savannah, Chatham County. In that office at that time, there was established one of the first victim/witness advocacy programs in the state of Georgia.
Through its auspices, as a prosecutor, I was able to better communicate with victims and witnesses, arrange for their appearances in court and help guide them through the process, giving victims, in particular, a greater voice than they had ever had in the previous 200 years in the American criminal justice system.
As a new assistant district attorney in 1979, I started my prosecution career in Savannah, Chatham County. In that office at that time, there was established one of the first victim/witness advocacy programs in the state of Georgia.