Not exact matches
When it
became public that his name was in the records of a Capitol Hill escort agency, Vitter put out a written statement of contrition, went into a week of seclusion, emerged and, with his wife (who happens to be a
prosecutor), made a brief
public apology, then refused to answer questions.
Larson said he was contacted a week ago by the Justice Department and local
prosecutors about representing the victims, prior to the dispute
becoming public.
Alex Whiting, a former federal
prosecutor who is now a professor at Harvard Law School, said he found it «striking» that «Mueller seems to be preparing the report with an expectation that it will eventually
become public.»
Bruno since his acquittal has
become a critic of the power federal
prosecutors wield, especially in white collar and
public corruption cases.
Both pleas
became public in January as
prosecutors turned over records to the defense ahead of the trial.
Private prosecution of crimes has
become increasingly uncommon under common law systems, which have increased deference to
public prosecutors.
I have concluded that the exercise of the discretion to stay proceedings by front line
prosecutors as agents for the Attorney General of Alberta and the federal Director of
Public Prosecutions under s. 579 of the Criminal Code has
become systemically unethical.