Prosecutor Lobbying in the States, 2015-2018

This dataset represents the results of a nationwide study of lobbying by prosecutors in state legislatures during the years 2015 through 2018. The dataset contains two types of data for each state: 1) a spreadsheet identifying and coding every criminal-justice-related bill introduced in the state legislature during those years, and 2) a spreadsheet identifying and coding news stories discussing the political activities of state prosecutor associations. Taken together, these two sets of data provide a glimpse into the lobbying activities of prosecutors before state legislatures, as well as the legislative trajectory of criminal-justice-related bills.