Gretchen Shappert

Gretchen C. F. Shappert was United States District Attorney for the western district of North Carolina from 2004-2009.

Shappert stressed tough prosecution of drug offenders while in office.^[1] Shappert also served as chair of the Justice Department's subcommitee on Native American issues.^[2] Shappert also opposed retroactively lessening prison sentences related to crack-cocaine.^[3]

Shappert passed the North Carolina bar in 1980. She was in private practice and was an assistant district attorney and an assistant public defender in Charlotte before becoming a federal prosecutor.

Shappert resigned as U.S. Attorney in March 2009.

Sources

Transcript of testimony of Shappert before House Judiciary Committee

^ article on Shappert's plans for full prosecution of drug offenders
^ Report on Native American affairs
^ article on crack cocaine sentencing guidelines

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