FEDERAL FACTS

FEDERAL FACTS
About the U.S. Justice Department's Criminal Division:
Trial attorneys in the Criminal Section frequently prosecute cases of national significance implicating violations of basic constitutional rights.
The division investigates about 2,500 cases per year.
Cases investigated are matters of intense public interest involving acts of racial and ethnic violence.
Allegations of official misconduct constitute the majority of all complaints reviewed by the Criminal Section.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice