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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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Jul 11, 20242 min read
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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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Jul 10, 20242 min read
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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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Jun 20, 20242 min read
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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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Jun 19, 20242 min read
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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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Jun 18, 20242 min read
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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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Jun 12, 20241 min read
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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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Jun 5, 20242 min read
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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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May 23, 20242 min read
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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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May 21, 20243 min read
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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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May 9, 20242 min read
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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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May 1, 20242 min read
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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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Apr 30, 20241 min read
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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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Apr 25, 20242 min read
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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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Apr 24, 20242 min read
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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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Apr 17, 20242 min read
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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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Apr 17, 20242 min read
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Multimillion-Dollar Campaign Threatens To Recall California Prosecutor
What is a now a multimillion-dollar campaign to recall the elected prosecutor in Alameda County, California, began just six months after...
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Apr 3, 20242 min read
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Burke Chicago Victory Could Mark Shift From Progressive Prosecution
Retired Illinois Justice Eileen O’Neill Burke is expected to succeed Kim Foxx as the state’s attorney for Cook County, Ill. after Foxx...
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Apr 2, 20241 min read
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Ex-Judge O'Neill Burke Wins Chicago Prosecutor Race
With few votes left to be counted and a mathematically insurmountable lead, former Illinois appellate Justice Eileen O’Neill Burke...
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Apr 1, 20242 min read
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Police Target Minnesota Prosecutor For Charges Against State Trooper
Two unions representing police and state troopers in Minnesota wrote a letter to Gov. Tim Walz this month. An elected prosecutor in...
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Mar 25, 20242 min read
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