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Judge: Menendez Brothers Can Continue to Seek Freedom

The LA district attorney previously shut down their efforts for a new trial

(Newser) - A judge ruled Friday that Erik and Lyle Menendez's resentencing hearings can continue despite opposition from the Los Angeles County district attorney, reports the AP . They were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole at ages 18 and 21 after being convicted of murdering their parents,...

Prosecutors Who Advocated for Menendez Bros Plan to Sue DA

They say district attorney retaliated over their support for the brothers

(Newser) - Two prosecutors who advocated for the Menendez brothers to be resentenced have filed notices indicating they plan to sue the Los Angeles County district attorney over alleged retaliation. They say DA Nathan Hochman and his deputy DA defamed, harassed, and discriminated against them after they backed resentencing the brothers, whose...

Philadelphia DA Sues Musk Over $1M Giveaways

Progressive Larry Krasner calls it an 'illegal lottery scheme' to sway voters for Trump

(Newser) - The district attorney in Philadelphia has sued Elon Musk to stop his $1 million daily giveaway to registered voters, reports ABC News . DA Larry Krasner says Musk and his America PAC are running what is "indisputably an unlawful lottery," reports NBC News . Musk has given away at least...

After Storm of Threats, Bragg's Office Makes an Ask

Prosecutors ask judge to keep much of Trump gag order in place in hush-money case till sentencing

(Newser) - Manhattan's district attorney has asked the judge who oversaw Donald Trump's hush-money trial to extend the former president's gag order, with modifications. The Guardian notes that the gag order, which Trump's circle has long pushed back on, was placed on Trump before his felony trial kicked...

Prosecutor Investigated for Berating Officer During Stop

'I'm the DA,' Sandra Doorley said after refusing to pull over

(Newser) - A New York state prosecutor under investigation for her behavior when police tried to pull her over—repeatedly telling an officer "I'm the DA"—apologized on Monday. "I failed you and the standards that I hold myself to," Monroe Country District Attorney Sandra Doorley said...

Arizona Prosecutor Refuses to Extradite Murder Suspect to NY

Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell gets in a dig at Manhattan counterpart Alvin Bragg

(Newser) - Extraditing a murder suspect from one state to another is usually pretty standard. But in a strange case marred by politics, a district attorney in Arizona is refusing to cooperate with Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg as he aims to have a murder suspect moved to New York to face charges...

In the Mail for Alvin Bragg: Death Threat, White Powder

Substance on note to DA investigating former President Donald Trump found to be not dangerous

(Newser) - The FBI and NYPD have launched a probe after a death threat was mailed to Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney investigating former President Donald Trump, via a letter that came Friday with a small amount of white powder. "ALVIN: I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!" the letter...

Texas DA Tried to Halt His Execution. It Went Forward Anyway

John Henry Ramirez dies by lethal injection

(Newser) - Update: A Texas man who won his legal battle to have his pastor with him as his execution was carried out was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday in Huntsville. John Henry Ramirez addressed the family of Pablo Castro, the Corpus Christi convenience store clerk he murdered in 2004,...

What Progressive DA's Recall Means for Democrats
What Progressive DA's
Recall Means for Democrats
THE RUNDOWN
Jun 8, 2022 12:33 PM CDT

What Progressive DA's Recall Means for Democrats

Chesa Boudin's loss seen by some as a 'wake-up call' about policies on crime

(Newser) - Though the San Francisco district attorney recalled by voters on Tuesday admitted past mistakes, without identifying what they were, he mainly pointed the finger elsewhere. "The right-wing billionaires outspent us three to one, they exploited an environment in which people are appropriately upset, and they created an electoral dynamic...

Before Execution for Wife's Killing, He Confessed to Another
Police Find Remains After
a Death-Row Confession
UPDATED
Dec 13, 2021 11:41 AM CST

Police Find Remains After a Death-Row Confession

David Neal Cox admitted killing sister-in-law before he was executed in Mississippi

(Newser) - Update: Authorities in Mississippi have found the body of a woman after a death-row inmate confessed just before his execution. David Neal Cox, convicted of murdering his wife, told authorities before he died that he also killed sister-in-law Felicia Cox and told them where to find her body. On Sunday,...

Prosecutor Pleads Guilty as Jury Deliberates

Georgia DA Mark Jones accepts plea deal

(Newser) - As a jury was deliberating over his fate, a Georgia district attorney on Monday pleaded guilty to several charges stemming from improper acts while in office and agreed to resign. Mark Jones had already been suspended as Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit district attorney after the state attorney general’s office obtained...

No Charges in Death of Andrew Brown in North Carolina

Prosecutor calls deputies' actions justified

(Newser) - "No officers will be criminally charged," a North Carolina district attorney announced Tuesday in the case of Andrew Brown Jr., who was shot to death by sheriff's deputies who had gone to his home to arrest him. "The officers' actions were consistent with their training and...

Cyrus Vance, DA Investigating Trump, Has Big Personal News

Manhattan district attorney won't seek reelection, will retire on Dec. 31

(Newser) - Cyrus Vance Jr.—the Manhattan district attorney who prosecuted Harvey Weinstein and is now leading a criminal investigation of Donald Trump and the Trump Organization on potential bank, insurance, and tax fraud—has just set in motion the hourglass on his remaining time in office. In an interview published...

DA's Husband Charged With Pulling Gun on BLM Protesters

'I will shoot you,' said husband of LA County DA

(Newser) - The husband of Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey has been charged with pointing a gun at Black Lives Matter members who demonstrated outside the couple’s home the day before she faced a primary election in March. The state attorney general filed three misdemeanor charges Monday in Los...

What Happened to Ahmaud Arbery, per His Autopsy

13 shotgun pellets exited his back, 11 remained embedded in his chest, medical examiner finds

(Newser) - Ahmaud Arbery died of "multiple shotgun wounds sustained during a struggle for the shotgun," according to an autopsy by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The April 1 autopsy report concluded the 25-year-old was shot three times on Feb. 23, including twice in the chest. Eleven shotgun pellets were...

Prosecutor's Husband Waves a Gun at Protesters

Black Lives Matter activists had gathered outside district attorney's LA home

(Newser) - The Los Angeles County district attorney has apologized—and said her husband is sorry, too—after protesters outside her home were threatened with a gun. Jackie Lacey's husband, David, stood in the doorway early Monday, the Los Angeles Times reports, and told the protesters: "I will shoot you....

Appeals Court Rejects Trump Assertion of Immunity

But president's attorneys plan to appeal to Supreme Court in fight over tax returns

(Newser) - President Trump ran into another legal setback Monday in efforts to keep his tax returns out of the hands of criminal investigators in New York. A federal appeals court declared that Trump's accountant must turn over the returns to the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr....

DA Who Inspired a Law & Order Character Dies
DA Who Inspired
a Law & Order 
Character Dies
OBITUARY
Jul 22, 2019 6:52 AM CDT

DA Who Inspired a Law & Order Character Dies

Longtime Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau dies at age 99

(Newser) - He drew a guilty plea from "Preppy Killer" Robert Chambers, helped put John Lennon's killer behind bars, and even inspired Law & Order character Adam Schiff. Now, Robert Morgenthau, the Manhattan district attorney feared by white-collar criminals in New York City for 35 years, has died at the...

Inmate Charged in DA Murder Plot: He'll Get 'F---ing Pizza'

Alleged gang member Billie Allen wanted to take out Colorado DA, authorities say

(Newser) - An overheard conversation between inmates in a Colorado jail sounded on the surface like a casual chat about a pizza delivery. But upon closer listen, a deputy realized something more chilling was afoot, and now an alleged gang member has been charged with plotting to murder the Weld County district...

Salt Lake City DA Wants FBI on Arrested Nurse Case

Alex Wubbels' civil rights may have been violated under 'color of law,' he says

(Newser) - The FBI has apparently gotten involved in the case of a Utah nurse arrested for not allowing a police officer to draw blood from a patient. Per KSL , Salt Lake City DA Sim Gill has reported he submitted a formal request to the agency to see if Alex Wubbels' civil...

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