Sentences with phrase «not local district attorneys»

«A majority of Democrats, independents, voters from every region and race agree that the Attorney General and not local district attorneys should have authority in cases where unarmed civilians are killed by police officers, although Democrats, New York City voters, blacks and Latinos feel most strongly about this,» Siena College pollster Steve Greenberg said.

The sponsors of the special investigation legislation in a legislative memo said placing such control in Schneiderman's office would have put investigations of police - related deaths in the hands of a comparatively independent entity and not a local district attorney.

«Those cases will be the providence of the attorney general and not the local district attorney.

Not exact matches

While many district attorneys opposed the law, Schneiderman's office said local prosecutors have been «cordial» and not attempted, before Abelove's «end - run» last week, to impede the attorney general's review of deadly incidents involving police use of force.

They have replaced Silver with Carl Heastie, the longtime Bronx Democratic boss who just fixed the selection of the new district attorney, orchestrating resignations and sidestepping voters so the local party plutocrats, including Heastie, don't have to look over their own shoulders.

John W. Bailey, Abelove's attorney, said their case focused on the fact that Cuomo, when he signed the executive order two years ago, stated that while he believed district attorneys would appropriately handle fatal police incidents, he wanted to alleviate «public concerns... that such incidents can not be prosecuted at the local level without conflict or bias, or the public perception of conflict or bias.»

Local district attorneys may draft search warrants, preserve evidence and question witnesses, but they may not grant immunity or elicit testimony in grand jury proceedings.

«The local police department, the FBI, the district attorney's office and parole have not slept since this shooting occurred,» Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpidistrict attorney's office and parole have not slept since this shooting occurred,» Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpiattorney's office and parole have not slept since this shooting occurred,» Westchester County District Attorney Anthony ScarpiDistrict Attorney Anthony ScarpiAttorney Anthony Scarpino said.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said that lawmakers don't have a good reason for failing to update the state's antiquated criminal code and give local prosecutors the necessary tools to fight cybercrime, fraud and corruption.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone is asking state officials to examine whether bonuses given by the local district attorney's office to its prosecutors were legal, saying they «were not authorized by the county legislature pursuant to any legal process or authority that I am aware of.»

District Attorney Holley Carnright said that local law enforcement had not identified any major trafficking networks operating in Ulster County.

Cuomo said Schneiderman would not be susceptible to the kind of public pressure about which Lynch warned, or suffer the same skepticism as local district attorneys.

Schneiderman also said local district attorneys who would prefer to recuse themselves in such cases, so as to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest, can not currently do so.

The sharpest division within committee stemmed not from a local race but when Chairman Dan McCoy called for the endorsement of Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice to succeed Andrew Cuomo as state attorney Attorney Kathleen Rice to succeed Andrew Cuomo as state attorney attorney general.

Despite other lawmakers at the press conference like Ms. James criticizing local district attorneys for protecting their political «turf» at the expense of justice, Mr. Schneiderman repeatedly insisted his proposal is not «anti-D.A.» or «anti-NYPD.»

The poor kids don't have a chance: the case is being prosecuted by crooked district attorney Doremus (Rockliffe Fellowes), while the local reporters have a field day crucifying Kathleen in the press thanks to her dubious relationship with the dead man.

In the county where Dee lives, the district attorney, a slimy pol named Calvin Beckett (Michael O'Keefe), has long made local African Americans the target of indiscriminate drug sweeps, assuming that poor black people in the projects will plead out even if they're innocent just to get out of jail, not realizing that the guilty plea brands them as felons and opens up a host of other troubles in getting housing, jobs, etc..

Antonelli, while having a heart of gold, can't quite shake his Mafioso past (he gets himself entangled in various con games to the chagrin of the local district attorney, played by the always hilarious Joan Cusack).

New Hampshire's attorney general will argue that public education is a state and local responsibility but that the state is not obligated to ensure equal funding among school districts, an opinion some local school - board members are preparing to support in the lawsuit over the legality of the state's school - funding method.

Secondly, pursuing animal abuse issues must be important to the local district attorney, because all the investigating you do will mean nothing if the DA is not interested in prosecuting these matters.