Every U.S. Attorney's Office press release across 95 federal districts (SDNY, EDNY, CDCA, MA, MDFL, etc.) — 241,278 federal prosecutions discovered via DOJ XML sitemap walk. Categorized: 98,434 sentenced, 42,518 indictments, 40,811 pleas, 8,970 convictions, 732 settlements, 308 seizures/forfeitures. Top districts by volume: District of Massachusetts (9,171), Middle District of Florida (7,849), Western District of Pennsylvania (6,871), South Dakota (6,778), Western District of New York (6,203). Pipeline crack: justice.gov individual /usao-{dist}/pr/ pages are SPA-rendered (2.8KB shells), but /sitemap.xml exposes the full URL inventory (168 child sitemaps × 2000 URLs each). Loader walks sitemaps, filters for /usao-{district}/pr/ pattern, extracts district + slug + lastmod date, derives title from slug humanization. Each release becomes a canonical SEO page at /federal-prosecution/{district}/{slug}. Distinct from doj_press_releases (main DOJ news, ~thousands) — USAO district press is the local-prosecution layer where most federal cases are announced.

Live API

This dataset is served via a live REST API at api.morvs.ai. The card you're reading exists so HuggingFace's index can route AI agents + researchers to the canonical source.

API endpoint: https://api.morvs.ai/api/v1/usao/press/recent
Dataset landing page: https://api.morvs.ai/datasets/usao-press
DataCatalog (JSON-LD): https://api.morvs.ai/.well-known/dataset.json
DCAT-US (data.gov-compatible): https://api.morvs.ai/data.json

Quick start

# Recent records (JSON)
curl 'https://api.morvs.ai/api/v1/usao/press/recent?limit=10'

# Browse on the web
open 'https://api.morvs.ai/datasets/usao-press'

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

This dataset is also accessible via MCP at https://api.morvs.ai/mcp — Claude, ChatGPT, and other MCP-compatible agents can call it directly.

Source

Agency: US Attorneys' Offices (94 districts) / Department of Justice
Primary source: https://www.justice.gov/sitemap.xml
License: CC0 1.0 applies only to MORVS-authored metadata in this card. Underlying records authored by US federal employees as part of their official duties are US federal government works not subject to copyright under 17 U.S.C. § 105. See MORVS source terms for third-party and other material. Free or keyless access does not alter source terms.
Update cadence: Varies by source; see the live freshness report

Keywords

USAO, US Attorney, federal prosecution, indictment, guilty plea, sentenced, convicted, federal settlement, asset forfeiture, SDNY, EDNY, CDCA

Citation

@misc{ai_analytics_usao_press_2026,
  title  = {{name}},
  author = {MORVS},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://api.morvs.ai/datasets/usao-press},
  note   = {Derived from US Attorneys' Offices (94 districts) / Department of Justice. CC0 applies only to MORVS-authored card metadata; federal works follow 17 U.S.C. 105.}
}

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USAO district press releases (241,278 federal prosecutions across 95 districts)