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NEWS ABOUT: district attorney

district attorney stories: 16 news summaries

 Whoopi Calls 
 Polanski Case 
 'Not Rape-Rape,' 
 Triggers Uproar 

Hollywood supporters facing off against angry feminists over sex with teen

Sep 30, 09 4:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Whoopi Goldberg's comment that Roman Polanski's sex with a 13-year-old girl wasn't really "rape-rape" has added fuel to the growing conflagration between the film director's Hollywood supporters and angry feminists. "I know it wasn't rape-rape. I think it was something else, but I don't believe it was rape-rape,... More »

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crime • France • Los Angeles • rape • district attorney • feminists • Roman Polanski • child rape • Samantha Geimer • anal sex

 Hofstra Student 
 Recants Gang Rape Claim 

Four men released from jail after accuser admits sex was consensual

Sep 17, 09 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - A reported gang rape at Hofstra University wasn't a rape after all, the local DA says. The accuser "recanted her claims against the five young men," a school official told students in a text message. The four men who had been charged—and publicly identified—were released from... More »

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higher education • rape • student • district attorney • false accusations • Hofstra University • Nassau County, NY

Philly Voters,
Do You Know Where Your DA Candidate Is?

Check his site: He's
got an ankle monitor

Sep 5, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Would-be Philadelphia District Attorney Michael Untermeyer has outfitted himself with a stylish new accessory—an electronic ankle monitor, of the kind he’d like to slap on the city’s criminals, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. For the next 30 days, curious voters will be able to keep tabs on... More »

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Philadelphia • candidate • district attorney • ankle • Michael Untermeyer

Charge Vs. Mom Who Kicked Kids to Curb
Will Be Dropped

NY lawyer just needs
to stay out of trouble

May 7, 09 2:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Madlyn Primoff, the New York lawyer who gained notoriety when she kicked her squabbling kids out of the car last month, will likely not face legal repercussions, the Journal News reports. Though she faces a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child, it will be dropped in 6... More »

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parenting • children • lawyer • misdemeanor • district attorney • criminal charges • Madlyn Primoff

Sunday School Teacher Faces Death Penalty

Prosecutors file charges of murder, kidnapping, and rape

Apr 14, 09 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - A California Sunday school teacher arrested for the murder of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu is now eligible for the death penalty after prosecutors added three “special circumstances,” to her charges today, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The San Joaquin County DA alleges that Melissa Huckaby killed the girl after... More »

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California • murder • rape • district attorney • child rape • murder charges • Sandra Cantu • Melissa Huckaby

 Rihanna Still 
 Working With DA 

Attorney, DA rep confirm cooperation

Mar 31, 09 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna is cooperating with the Los Angeles District Attorney in the case against Chris Brown—and reports otherwise are “totally incorrect,” her attorney tells E! A rep for the DA’s office also confirms Rihanna is “a cooperating victim” in the domestic-violence case, although she will not... More »

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celebrity trials • domestic violence • arraignment • district attorney • Rihanna • physical abuse • Chris Brown

(Newser) - Bernard Madoff’s lawyer argued today that the financier, who has pleaded guilty to a $65 billion Ponzi scheme, should be free on bail until June sentencing, the New York Times reports. Ira Sorkin cited past precedent in similar cases, but the prosecution said Madoff has incentive to flee—and... More »

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US Appeals court • sentencing • house arrest • bail • Ponzi scheme • district attorney • Bernard Madoff • Ira Sorkin

Push to Indict Dubya Gets Caffeine Boost

Coffee merchant sends 2,200 Prosecution of Bush books to DAs

Mar 16, 09 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Seattle coffee merchant has sent 2,200 copies of Vincent Bugliosi’s bestselling The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder to DAs whose districts have lost residents to the Iraq war, the Seattle Times reports. The damning book “was the first time in 8 years I had... More »

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crime • Iraq death toll • Seattle • district attorney • Iraq war • George W. Bush • Vincent Bugliosi • prosecutions

Rihanna Helps Cops Build Case Against Abusive Brown

Relationship with Rihanna filled with ongoing violence

Feb 12, 09 8:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Police are trying to beef up the case against Chris Brown and expect to complete their investigation next week, the New York Daily News reports. Rihanna is cooperating, and investigators expect to reinterview both parties before involving the DA's office, which has already asked for more evidence, a source tells... More »

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police • abuse • domestic violence • violence • LAPD • district attorney • Rihanna • prosecutors • physical abuse • Chris Brown • criminal charges

(Newser) - Police in Boulder, Colo. are taking control of the investigation into JonBenet Ramsey's 1996 murder, the Colorado Daily reports. Reclaiming the probe from the Boulder County DA, police plan to include state and federal investigators and apply new technology to the cold case. “Some cases never get solved, but... More »

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police • JonBenet Ramsey • John Ramsey • district attorney • Boulder

Texas Grand Jury Indicts Cheney, Gonzales

Indictment, overseen by controversial DA, zaps pair over prison abuse

Nov 19, 08 4:26 AM CST
(Newser) - A grand jury in a small southern Texas county has handed down indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for "organized criminal activity" connected to abuse in federal prisons, Reuters reports. The indictments, overseen by controversial local District Attorney Juan Guerra, accuse Cheney of... More »

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Dick Cheney • Alberto Gonzales • Texas • indictment • grand jury • district attorney

Dallas DA Makes Waves by Overturning Convictions

DA makes waves with quest to root out wrongful convictions

Nov 15, 08 6:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Craig Watkins is becoming famous for something rather unusual for a district attorney: getting people out of jail, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dallas County prosecutor is painstakingly going through hundreds of convictions secured by his predecessors, using DNA evidence to overturn wrongful convictions. His Conviction Integrity Unit has... More »

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Texas • Dallas • justice • wrongful conviction • exonerate • innocence • district attorney • DNA evidence • Craig Watkins

TV Lights Tone Down Former
NY DA Pirro

She's 'in a very good place' after bumpy ride in marriage, politics

Sep 29, 08 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Becoming a TV judge seems, in her own words, to have “mellowed” Jeanine Pirro, who long added color to New York’s state political scene with a fiery stint as Westchester County’s district attorney, spiced with a brief Senate run opposite Hillary Clinton and a rocky marriage to... More »

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television • TV shows • district attorney • Jeanine Pirro

 Barkley Pays Up,
 But It's Not Over Yet 

Ex-NBA star must shell out more for DA's fee

May 21, 08 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former NBA great Charles Barkley has paid off his $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas casino, but he's still got a charge left to settle: the district attorney's office is levying a $40,000 processing fee. Barkley says he hadn't known about the extra charge, but plans to... More »

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NBA • basketball • gambling • district attorney • Wynn Las Vegas • Charles Barkley

ANALYSIS

 Spitzer: Hooked on Covert Ops 

Ex-gov spent career trying to ditch silver spoon image

Mar 17, 08 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer didn't patronize a pricey call girl ring just for the sex, Chris Smith writes in a  provocative New York post-mortem. What really attracted him was the covert op. The silver-spoon-fed Ivy Leaguer was always rebelling against being squeaky clean; as a young prosecutor, he got "hooked... More »

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New York • Eliot Spitzer • governor • district attorney • Gambino crime family • political scandal • prostitution ring • Joe Bruno

Rob Bank, Violate Parole, Lose $1M

Or, how Mass. might take back this ex-con's lottery jackpot

Nov 29, 07 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - A Massachusetts man who scored a $1 million jackpot this week wasn’t allowed to buy his ticket to begin with: He’s a twice-convicted bank robber whose five-year probation bars him from gambling. Now, the Globe reports, Timothy Elliot will find himself betting on whether the state will revoke... More »

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Massachusetts • probation • bank robber • lottery • district attorney

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