"The urgency with which a case should be processed and filed is particularly great when the underlying conduct involves family violence or a sexual assault, including matters in which the accused is not in custody," Katz wrote.
"The law should treat all sex predators who solicit minors the same - as a felony, regardless of the intended victim's age," Newsom said in a statement first provided to KCRA.
Karen Friedman-Agnifilo, previously the head of Manhattan's sex crimes unit, was compelled to recuse herself from several cases due to her husband's representation of accused suspects, indicating complex professional challenges in her transition to private practice.
Gary Johnson, a former operating room director at Tri-City Medical Center, was sentenced to four years in prison after trying to drug a staff member for sexual assault.