Sentences with phrase «police and prosecutors investigating»

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«It's also important that we continue to ensure that police, prosecutors and other officials are better equipped to investigate such crimes and actually catch the perpetrators.»

She expects to be handcuffed, put in a police car, driven to the courthouse and brought before a judge after being secretly indicted by a grand jury run by a special prosecutor who was secretly selected to investigate campaign finance filings from 2009.

Cuomo's criminal justice reforms have not always been embraced by local prosecutors, who have raised issues in the past to overhauling juvenile justice and an executive order giving the attorney general the power to investigate and prosecute cases in which civilians die in interactions with police.

Keith's leadership has ensured that New York leads the nation.We were the first state to dedicate a month to gun violence awareness, we've raised the minimum wage, and are leading the way with the creation of a special prosecutor to investigate when police officers are involved in the deaths of unarmed civilians.

The Democratic attorney general spent last week going back and forth with the state's district attorneys over an executive order that Schneiderman investigate instances in which an unarmed civilian dies at the hands of police, essentially supplanting the local prosecutor.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has picked a veteran prosecutor to lead a new unit that will investigate and potentially prosecute police for killing unarmed civilians.

«In the»70s, Governor Rockefeller appointed a special prosecutor to investigate widespread police corruption and in the»30s, the governor then [at the time] appointed the Seabury commission that investigated municipal corruption in the city, which led to the involuntary retirement of Mayor [Jimmy] Walker.»

The case is one of the first Schneiderman's office has examined since Gov. Andrew Cuomo named him special prosecutor earlier this month, granting him the power to investigate and if necessary prosecute police officers involved in the death of an unarmed civilian.

Cuomo said de Blasio was «clearly frustrated» by the legislative session and that even he did not get everything he wanted, citing a law to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate police killings that did not pass.

Garner's mother and others asked Cuomo to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate similar cases but he initially proposed that an independent police monitor be named.

Mr. Schneiderman, a former state senator, said he would work with members of the Assembly and State Senate who have introduced various bills to give power to independent prosecutors to investigate cases where police use lethal force on unarmed civilians.

The IA supports funding police and prosecutors who need additional tools like training to investigate, identify and prosecute cyber criminals.

- Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy «Miller and Armstrong show how gender bias, and the many myths about sexual assault, still have far too much influence in the way law enforcement investigates these crimes...Well - researched and compassionate, A False Report is essential reading for police, prosecutors, and lawmakers, and for all those seeking to do better for victims of sexual assault.»

Training and seminars ALDF attorneys are available to lead accredited training programs for police, veterinarians, animal control officers, prosecutors, judges, and community groups on topics such as investigating and prosecuting animal abuse.

Police have discretion as to what crimes they investigate and what they don't, prosecutors likewise.

Police and prosecutors are currently investigating the case while they decide whether to press charges against the off duty police ofPolice and prosecutors are currently investigating the case while they decide whether to press charges against the off duty police ofpolice officer.

The prosecutor and police have already spent considerable time investigating, gathering evidence, and preparing a case against you before you were charged with murder or manslaughter.