Mississippi DA Holds Grand Juries In Hotel With Courthouse In Disrepair
The leading prosecutor in Hinds County, Miss., has spent a substantial amount of personal funds to cover grand jury expenses, primarily...
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Aug 72 min read
Prosecutor Wesley Bell Wins Missouri Democratic Party
St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell defeated Congresswoman Cori Bush on Tuesday, capping off an expensive and contentious campaign...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 22 min read
Suburban St. Louis Prosecutor Challenging Liberal House Member
Four years ago, Cori Bush rode a wave of activist energy and unseated a longtime House incumbent. Now her own congressional career is in...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 252 min read
Progressive L.A. County Prosecutor Gascon Faces Tough Election Fight
While she waited for the man she hopes will defeat Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón in November, Mary Klein slathered...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 112 min read
Newsom Rescinds Offer To Aid Oakland DA, Who Faces Recall Vote
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is rescinding an offer to dispatch attorneys to help prosecute drug crimes in Oakland, accusing Alameda...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 102 min read
Suburban Colorado Political Division Could Lead To Different Approaches In Prosecution
George Brauchler, a former prosecutor who was a face of tough-on-crime politics in Colorado for much of the last decade and a leading...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 202 min read
In Wisconsin, Prosecutors Run For Office Almost Entirely Unopposed
Wisconsinites this year are electing their 71 DAs, powerful county officials with wide discretion over who gets prosecuted to what degree...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 192 min read
Prosecutor George Gascon Faces Lawsuits By His Own Employees
He was elected to be Los Angeles County’s top prosecutor, but George Gascón has spent a large amount of his first term as a defendant. In...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 182 min read
Some TN Republicans Back Ousting Memphis Prosecutor In Gun Dispute
Tennessee's lieutenant governor supports a Memphis state senator's effort to remove the chief prosecutor in Tennessee's largest county,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 121 min read
Manhattan DA To Testify Before Congress
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will testify before Congress on July 12, a day after former U.S. President Donald Trump is...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 52 min read
DA Will Seek To Overturn Texas Governor's Pardon of Murderer
Travis County District Attorney José Garza announced Tuesday that his office would ask the state’s highest criminal court to overturn...
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Crime and Justice News
May 232 min read
Oregon Prosecutor Wins ‘Tough On Crime’ Race Against Progressive DA
Centrist district attorney candidate Nathan Vasquez has ousted the incumbent progressive prosecutor in Portland, Oregon's Multnomah...
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Crime and Justice News
May 213 min read
Prosecutors Schmidt In Oregon, Willis in Georgia Face Primary Vote
On Tuesday, the voters of Portland, Ore.'s Multnomah County could replace their incumbent district attorney, Mike Schmidt, with a man who...
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Crime and Justice News
May 92 min read
Philadelphia DA Krasner Tough On Wrongful Killing By Cops
Before Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner took office in 2018, the last time a city police officer was convicted for an on-duty...
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Crime and Justice News
May 12 min read
Baltimore Prosecutor Replenishes Staff, Charts New Course
The city prosecutor's office in Baltimore has been plagued by staffing shortages for years. When Ivan Bates was sworn in as State's...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 301 min read
New York DA Faces Call For Ouster For Trying To Avoid Traffic Ticket
Police body camera footage raised questions about whether Monroe County, N.Y., District Attorney Sandra Doorley tried to use her office...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 252 min read
Los Angeles DA Advisor Charged With Illegal Use Of Confidential Records
Criminal charges have been filed against one of L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón’s top advisors, who supervises high-profile...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 242 min read
Progressive Prosecutors Drove Up Property Crimes, But Not Violence
Counties that elect progressive prosecutors have seen their property crimes rise, compared to counties with law-and-order prosecutors,...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 172 min read
Louisiana Conservatives Aim To Rein In 'Rogue' District Attorneys
Officials in Louisiana are proposing measures to limit district attorneys' authority, following similar moves by GOP leaders in other...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 172 min read
Georgia DAs Challenge Law They Say Undermines Their Discretion
Three district attorneys in Georgia have renewed their challenge of a commission created to discipline and remove state prosecutors,...
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