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 21 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
Apr 12 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
Mar 252 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
Mar 212 min read
Chicago Prosecutor's Race May Be Too Close To Call For Days
Some 100,000 votes or more are still to be counted in the close race for Cook County state’s attorney, and it will likely be days before...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 191 min read
Chicago Chooses Prosecutor Candidate After Foxx Bows Out
Cook County is known as the nation's "wrongful conviction capital," bearing the legacy of corrupt Chicago police ringleaders like Jon...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 182 min read
Oakland’s Progressive DA, Pamela Price, Facing Recall Drive
District Attorney Pamela Price is tired of journalists. As one of the most progressive district attorneys and the first Black woman to...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 152 min read
DA Willis Must Exit Trump Election Case Or Remove Wade, Judge Rules
Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis must step aside from the election interference case against Donald Trump or remove the...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 112 min read
Veteran Miami Prosecutor Quits After Rebuke From Judge
A veteran Miami prosecutor resigned after a judge found that state investigators manipulated witnesses, including possibly providing...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 61 min read
Houston District Attorney Kim Ogg Unseated By Teare
Former prosecutor Sean Teare unseated Kim Ogg, Harris County’s embattled, two-term district attorney Tuesday night in a primary race that...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 52 min read
L.A. County DA Gascón Faces 11 Challengers in Reelection Bid
One of the nation's most progressive prosecutors, who faced two recall attempts within four years, is set to be tested as he seeks...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 262 min read
Prosecutors Offer Opposing Stories In Baltimore Case
When Baltimore police arrested Keyon Paylor in 2014, one of two things was true. Either Paylor hid a gun that the police found, or the...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 222 min read
AZ Prosecutor Refuses NYC Extradition Over Policy Issues
A prosecutor in Arizona refused to extradite a murder suspect to New York City, claiming it is “safer” not to send him back because of...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 162 min read
GA DA Willis Calls Bid to Disqualify Her 'Contrary to Democracy'
The lead prosecutor in the Georgia case against Donald Trump took the witness stand on Thursday and lashed out at those seeking to remove...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 72 min read
In Agreement With DA, State AG To Prosecute Some Cases In New Orleans
An agreement between New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams and newly elected Gov. Jeff Landry will allow the state Attorney...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 72 min read
Marilyn Mosby Found Guilty Of One Count Mortgage Fraud, Acquitted Of Another
A federal jury on Tuesday convicted the former top prosecutor in Baltimore, Marilyn Mosby, of lying to a mortgage lender in 2021 as she...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 72 min read
Conviction Of Michigan Shooter's Mother Offers Prosecutors New Tactics
A new approach to pursuing justice in mass shootings is likely to be considered by prosecutors nationwide, as seen by the guilty...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 52 min read
Will Georgia Judge Cancel Hearing On Trump Prosecutor Misconduct?
Shortly after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Wilis in Atlanta admitted in a Friday court filing that she had a personal...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 52 min read
NY Police Accuse Prosecutor Of Tampering With Murder Case
Last week, an Orange County, N.Y., grand jury indicted Edward Holley for murder in the 2003 death of Megan McDonald. The Journal News...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 252 min read
Prosecutor Vacancies May Be Bad News For Defendants
Prosecutors are quitting in droves across the U.S.,and there are few applicants to replace them. If you believe prosecutors are too...
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