Residents can file paperwork to have their records expunged, removing the inconvenience of appearing for a one-minute court hearing.

The dashboard, the first publicly available and comprehensive data-based look at the OCA’s handling of pretrial release, comes as the office faces attacks from state Republicans for what they view as a “soft on crime” approach to prosecuting.

The amount of fraud may grow as investigators continue to scrutinize records in the case.

Elon Wilson was stopped by a Fairfax County police officer in 2018 for allegedly driving across a solid yellow line, but evidence unearthed by investigators called the officer’s conduct into question in Wilson’s and hundreds of other cases.

Officers Alejandro Amaya and Lucas Vinyard fatally shot a 25-year-old driver three years ago. Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano pursued criminal charges against them, but now the two are trying to move their case to federal court where they have legal protection.

Lawyers for the federal government say they want to hold off on a civil suit until a Fairfax County criminal investigation ends. Ghaisar’s family says it’s just another tactic to delay justice.

All five Northern Virginia commonwealth’s attorneys joined the Virginia Progressive Prosecutors for Justice to support some—but not all—of the Senate Democrats’ ideas for criminal justice reform.