Sentences with phrase «state prosecutors»

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So far, one police officer has been charged by state prosecutors while the unit is investigate five separate matters.

Those investigations concluded this year when federal and state prosecutors decided not to bring charges.

By state law, the prosecutor is to file paternity cases in order to establish child support, but the law states the prosecutor can not represent either party regarding custody and parenting time.

Program provides eligible law school loan repayment for state and federal public defenders and state prosecutors who agree to remain employed as public defenders and prosecutors for at least three years.

Among other interesting details, this New York Times article about the case highlights that» [f] ederal prosecutors vigorously sought the death penalty against Mr. Wilson, taking the case from state prosecutors in Staten Island after the New York death penalty was largely invalidated in 2004.»

He worked closely with state prosecutors investigating former Governor Mike Easley, who was convicted for violating state campaign finance law.

She then left public service through an early retirement, as state prosecutors reviewed a «fact - finding» report prepared by Ansonia city lawyers.

That's because state prosecutors say they intend to retry Perez on the extortion and bribery charges.

He also said that Cuomo should «put a special state prosecutor out of state to find out this nonsense going on.»

But in the early 2000s it was Washington that was protecting national banking elites from state prosecutors such as New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer and his counterparts in Massachusetts and other states.

(Reuters)- New York state prosecutors on Friday charged radical Jamaican Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah el - Faisal with seeking to recruit people to join Islamic State.

Texas» Perry indicted for coercion for veto threat AUSTIN, Texas — A grand jury indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday for abusing the powers of his office by carrying out a threat to veto funding for state prosecutors investigating public corruption — making the possible 2016 presidential hopeful his state's first indicted governor in nearly a century....

The reports have prompted calls from lawmakers in Britain and the United States for renewed scrutiny of Facebook, and at least two American state prosecutors have said they are looking into the misuse of data by Cambridge Analytica.

New York state prosecutors on Friday charged radical Jamaican Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah el - Faisal with seeking to recruit people to join Islamic State.

And in July 2013 he established a high - powered commission, stacked with a number of state prosecutors, to root out public corruption.

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Lerner said while she's disheartened that yet another legislator has been accused of corruption, she's relieved that state prosecutors under Schneiderman are taking on investigations now that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who achieved prison terms for both former legislative leaders, has been fired by President Donald Trump.

THE BRONX — Mayor Bill de Blasio was not granted immunity before speaking with federal and state prosecutors investigating his fundraising activities, according to his press secretary.

According to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), state prosecutors argued for the death penalty against Lim in Wednesday's 90 - minute trial at the nation's supreme court, reportsThe New York Times.

«The fact that he was trying to become the top state prosecutor in this borough I think shows the extreme arrogance and hubris that is involved in this case,» Lynch said.

The quasi-public Fuller Road and Fort Schuyler, placed into ESD custodianship after federal and state prosecutors alleged that bidding processes for construction projects had been rigged by former SUNY Poly president Alain Kaloyeros and others (all of whom maintain their innocence), have not entirely allayed concerns about transparency under their new leadership.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R.) on Friday suspended Joy Cooper, the Democratic mayor of Hallandale Beach, after state prosecutors charged her with campaign finance violations, official misconduct, and money laundering.

Dennis Lee, the Virginia state prosecutor for Tazewell County, an area hard hit by OxyContin abuse, said he was stunned several years ago to learn that Mr. Giuliani was working for Purdue.

State prosecutors took over the case against Kerrick early on, when it came to light that Mecklenburg district attorney Andrew Murray had once been a law partner of a member of Kerrick's defense team.

* State prosecutors pursing bribery and corruption charges against G. Steven Pigeon saw their case improve today when a judge reversed an earlier decision to suppress email evidence that they believe incriminates the once - powerful political operative

Today's sweeping indictments by federal and state prosecutors resoundingly confirm that the state's use of non-profits and SUNY to award billions in state economic development contracts has created huge and systemic opportunities for corruption.

The charges, relating to a multi-billion dollar arms deal, were dropped by the chief state prosecutor in a move that cleared the way for Zuma to be elected president.

The Appeals Court judges were also of the opinion that all the grounds upon which state prosecutors are accusing Mr. Woyome of causing financial loss to the State fails before them.

When Aronow later resigned from his Senate office after the settlement was paid, state prosecutors claim campaign funds were secretly used to continue compensating Aronow.

As former Broward County State prosecutors we have years of knowledge in defending criminal charges.

State prosecutors also plan to seek criminal charges against lawmakers who helped advance the motion.

There are, as to be expected, some Espada headlines gracing the papers this morning: State prosecutors subpoenaed 10 staff members with ties to Espada's Soundview HealthCare Network yesterday.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman wants state prosecutors to be able to try people for crimes for which they have already been tried federally.

Our attorneys» experience as former federal and state prosecutors helps us defend our clients in confidential criminal and regulatory proceedings as well as internal corporate investigations.

Cruz did not speak and a plea of not guilty was entered on his behalf after state prosecutors filed notice that they would seek the death penalty in the case.

In other cities, federal and state prosecutors shun securities cases for all kinds of understandable reasons.

Trump can't fire state prosecutors or pardon state crimes, and state criminal law covers many of the underlying alleged crimes in these investigations.

That's because a Trump pardon wouldn't simply nullify any potential federal conviction — it would, under current New York law, bar state prosecutors from trying to go after him themselves.

Federal prosecutors are aware of the double jeopardy risk, and in the case of Paul Manafort, it appears that Mueller may have shaped his charges to leave state prosecutors space to go after him on their own.

State prosecutors contend Kitchen fooled BMZ Law by forging a law license, bar exam results, an email showing she attended Duquesne University law school, and a check for a state attorney registration fee.

Daniel A. Moore, forty four, of 205 White Oak Lane, Elkins, appeared with his lawyer William «Ty» Nestor and requested the court dismiss 19 of 22 felonies, stating prosecutors experienced currently dismissed a prior indictment that experienced contained exactly the same 19 costs.

The decision was issued on 5 July 2016, by state prosecutor Francisco Santiago, citing land grabbing («grilagem») and the illegal use of lands assigned to agrarian reform.

BBC reports that United States prosecutors are investigating claims that money — $ 750,000 in total — donated by the Korean football association and FIFA for Haiti earthquake relief instead went into Warner's own accounts for «personal use.»

Speaking to Imagen radio, State prosecutor Ismael Quintanilla has narrated the forward's ordeal and explained — in detail — how he managed to seize the initiative and escape.

The Illinois Appellate Court this week found that the judge in the McHenry civil case erred by raising the bar too high for state prosecutors seeking to ban Yvonne Cryns from practicing midwifery without a license.

Documents from Walsh's personnel file, including details of a background check conducted in 1990 by the Suffolk County Sheriff's office, were disseminated by retired state prosecutor Lawrence Gray, the paper reports.

It's a new look for Democratic state prosecutors, but it's hardly a novel idea: The Democrats» strategy is borne in part of a calculated decision to coordinate closely and emulate the way their Republican counterparts relentlessly battled the Obama administration over climate regulations, Obamacare and more.

In their court papers, state prosecutors frequently quoted a series of emails between Pigeon and Michalek.