Action 8 News Anchor Estee Morrison sat down with Montgomery County District Attorney Azzie Oliver to discuss her first nine months leading the office.

One change involves staffing. For the first time in two years, the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office is fully staffed with prosecutors.

Oliver says there has also been a change in the type of people who are appearing in court.

“People that we are prosecuting, that are sent into prison, and just kind of watch that pipeline, they’re getting younger and younger. Fifteen, 16 years old, some 14, they’re committing violent crimes. I really wish there was something we could do about the Montgomery public school system.”

Oliver says she’s focused on addressing youth crime, improving school attendance and reducing case backlogs in th

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