#district-attorneys

[ follow ]
#death-penalty
www.mercurynews.com
1 month ago
East Bay (California)

Death penalty resentencing: East Bay DAs' stances on execution

Santa Clara County's district attorney is moving to resentence condemned inmates to life in prison instead of the death penalty.
District attorneys in East Bay counties, like Contra Costa and Alameda, have expressed opposition to seeking the death penalty. [ more ]
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Orange County district attorney's race guide: Will Todd Spitzer survive?

The race for Orange County district attorney has largely been centered around the incumbent, Todd Spitzer.
moredeath-penalty
#years
Eater SF
1 year ago
SF food

Man Behind Alleged Boba Shop Fencing Operation Arrested - Again

Remember the San Francisco boba shop accused of selling stolen goods out of its storefront?Well, here it is again, involving the exact same people in the exact same shop.San Francisco resident Quoc Le was arrested on May 18 and charged with possession of stolen goods, this after a previous arrest for allegedly being a " known fence" for stolen property and operating out of his wife's Larkin Street boba shop, Quickly.
Mission Local
1 year ago
Mission District

Blow-by-blow of the Banko Brown shooting

On Monday, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins released footage from a Walgreens security camera showing guard Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony shooting Banko Brown.Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.The video, from a ceiling-mounted surveillance camera, does not include audio but otherwise shows events clearly.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

City Elections Office Upholds Campaign Penalty Against Council Candidate Rene Gonzalez

That a space has been rented to someone who is not a member of the general public for below market rates does not create a loophole in campaign finance law."According to Gonzalez, that's because vacancy rates are so high in downtown Portland that the rental would have gone unrented if his campaign hadn't occupied the space, essentially making the space worth $0.Here's how Mottet responded to that claim: "The campaign asserts that the fact that the space sat empty for the last two years while advertised at $6,900 monthly rent suggests that the $6,900 per month figure [is] not its fair market value.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

City Elections Office Upholds Campaign Penalty Against Council Candidate Rene Gonazlez

The city elections office remains convinced that city council candidate Rene Gonzalez did violate small donor election laws when he accepted-and failed to report-a heavily discounted rental rate for a campaign office in downtown Portland offered up by a monied campaign donor.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

Brooklyn Prosecutors Seek to Throw Out Scores of Convictions

The 378 cases - mostly low-level drug and traffic offenses - relied on the work of 13 police officers who were later convicted of crimes.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Abortion Providers in Wisconsin Will Be Granted Clemency, Gov. Tony Evers Says

Over the weekend, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) condemned the recent Supreme Court ruling upending abortion protections across the country, and vowed to legally protect anyone charged under an 1849 anti-abortion law that may go into effect in the state.
moreyears
#immediately
Mission Local
1 year ago
Mission District

Walgreens security guard who shot alleged shoplifter Banko Brown was himself charged with shoplifting

Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony, the 33-year-old Walgreens security guard who on April 27 shot and killed Banko Brown after what police described as a shoplifting incident, was himself cited for misdemeanor shoplifting in the past, according to court documents.In 2014, Anthony was charged with two misdemeanors: second-degree commercial burglary and petty theft, charges that signify shoplifting.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US politics

Georgia's GOP governor signs bill that could remove local prosecutors and DAs from their jobs

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia signed legislation Friday that will create an oversight commission with the power to remove local prosecutors and district attorneys from their jobs.The measure has been heavily criticized by Democrats, including an Atlanta-area DA, who is seriously weighing charges in connection with former President Donald Trump's actions in Georgia during the 2020 election.
moreimmediately
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
New York City

New York City Prosecutors Suddenly Flip on Change to Evidence Law

It is not often that New York City prosecutors abandon legal arguments or strategies in midstream, especially when they seem to be on the cusp of victory.But on Thursday, they did just that.The city's five district attorneys, in an abrupt about-face, released a joint statement to oppose changing a law that governs the way that case material is shared with defense lawyers.
#people
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US politics

Florida lawmakers vote to give GOP-appointed state prosecutor jurisdiction over election and voting matters

(CNN)Florida's statewide prosecutor will have new power to go after people for election-related crimes under a bill now headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis' desk.The bill, which passed the state House of Representatives on Friday on a 77-33 vote, is a top priority for the Republican governor, who last year approved the creation of a controversial new Office of Elections Crimes and Security as part of a sweeping voting overhaul.
Mission Local
1 year ago
Mission District

Public Defender moves to disqualify DA from Troy McAlister case

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.The Public Defender on Tuesday filed a motion that, if approved, would disqualify the DA's Office from prosecuting the high-profile Troy McAlister case.The filing, which was submitted by McAlister's public attorney Scott Grant, contends that District Attorney Brooke Jenkins' "personal and political motivations have undermined her and her office's ability to prosecute this matter fairly and impartially."
Politics NY
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Hochul won't budge on 'dangerousness' standard for criminal cases, despite calls from Adams and Zeldin

Governor Kathy Hochul again rebuked criticisms from Republican Long Island Rep. Lee Zeldin - her opponent in the governor's race - and Mayor Eric Adams that she hasn't made enough changes to bail reforms passed in 2019 amid the state's ongoing struggles with surging crime.
morepeople
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

The D.A. for Northern California's largest prosecutor's office quits Twitter. Here's why

The Santa Clara County district attorney has announced that he's leaving Twitter due to a rise in extremist posts following the purchase of the social media company by billionaire Elon Musk.Jeff Rosen, who runs the largest prosecutor's office in Northern California, made the announcement Monday on his office's Twitter account.
#investigation
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Teen killed in law enforcement shootout was likely unarmed, state AG says

The video does not show the shooting.The video shows the couple in a heated argument, Surgent said.Savannah is seen in the video in the backseat of the truck, behind Martinez.On Thursday, Fontana police said new video obtained by detectives from a witness to Martinez's killing shows that Savannah was in the backseat of Graziano's truck seconds before he got out and killed his estranged wife.But video obtained by detectives Wednesday from a Ring camera in the area also confirmed that Savannah was in the backseat of the truck when her mother was shot to death, Surgent said.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

Cuomo Files Ethics Complaint Against Letitia James

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo filed a lengthy state ethics complaint on Tuesday against Letitia James, the New York State attorney general, accusing her of deliberately mishandling the investigation that found he sexually harassed multiple former and current government employees.
moreinvestigation
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Ritz-Carlton must pay $535,000 for improper disposal of hazardous waste in California

Luxury hotelier Ritz-Carlton was ordered to pay more than half a million dollars in penalties Wednesday for the unlawful disposal of hazardous waste at eight of its California locations in six counties.
Portland Mercury
2 years ago
Portland

Oregonians Sue State for Not Upholding Constitutional Access to Public Defenders

Four Oregonians are suing the state for failing to provide them with a defense attorney to represent them in their criminal cases.
www.npr.org
2 years ago
Health

If Roe is overturned, attorneys general will have to interpret state abortion laws

State attorneys general have talked about about whether they would enforce abortion bans if Roe fell.
But AGs, district attorneys and state courts are still all scrambling to understand the laws.
[ Load more ]