Slow attempted murder is still attempted murder.

After asking around, people don’t think there’s a way to bypass DA’s and file charges directly.

That means the DA is in charge of who can be a criminal or not - the gatekeeper of justice.

Where is the DA’s existence defined in law, can it be undone or bypassed? How did these people come to exist and possess so much power?

https://www.yalelawjournal.org/pdf/1068_87gwnesa.pdf

After the Revolutionary War, most states gave their governors, judges, or legislators the power to appoint prosecutors. Starting with Mississippi in 1832, however, states adopted new constitutions, statutes, or amendments that made prosecutors elected officials. By 1861, nearly three-quarters of the states in the Union elected their prosecutors.

Slow attempted murder is still attempted murder.

After asking around, people don’t think there’s a way to bypass DA’s and file charges directly.

That means the DA is in charge of who can be a criminal or not - the gatekeeper of justice.

Where is the DA’s existence defined in law, can it be undone or bypassed? How did these people come to exist and possess so much power?