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Page 24 <br />1 jurisdiction trial court, which would be the circuit court <br />2 judge here. <br />3 Now, what they did in the legislature in Washington <br />4 is they recognized that most prosecuting attorneys wear two <br />5 hats. They have some civil functions, but mostly they are <br />6 representing the state in criminal cases. And they came to <br />7 the conclusion that some of their wealthier counties, like <br />8 King County in Seattle, they were abiding by the national <br />9 standard and they were paying them what their superior court <br />10 judges make. And they set out their pay scale accordingly. <br />11 And guess what, they didn't have a whole lot of <br />12 problems on hiring people because they could pick and choose <br />13 who they wanted. And they didn't have a lot of problems with <br />14 career prosecutors leaving because the salaries made sense. <br />15 And they have a 2016 pay scale, which I made some copies of <br />16 <br />and I'd <br />be happy to give you. And when they created it -- <br />17 <br />this is <br />the pay scale <br />that they have for the prosecutors. <br />18 <br />But what <br />they did, up <br />in the left-hand corner, they said <br />19 <br />based on <br />a thirty-five <br />hour week. I'm here to tell you that <br />20 <br />there <br />is no prosecutor <br />anywhere on the planet works a <br />21 <br />thirty-five <br />hour week. <br />(SEE ATT. A.) <br />22 <br />Most of our <br />younger prosecutors work sixty hours a <br />23 <br />week. <br />And when they're <br />in trial, they work longer. But the <br />24 <br />thirty-five <br />hour week <br />was important because they took the <br />25 <br />salary <br />that they were <br />paying them and then broke it down. <br />ISLAND COURT REPORTING & TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES <br />(808) 933-9800 <br />