Following Larry Birkhead ‘s testimony Monday in which he complained about the conduct of Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Sarah Slice , the prosecutor did not return to the courtroom once the case resumed after lunch. He cited instances in which Slice pressured him and questioned the intelligence of his young daughter Dannielynn . [...]
Two days before it was set to hear crucial testimony, and midway through its investigation, Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday abruptly removed three members of a state forensic science panel looking into a deadly fire for which a man was executed. Perry, acting more than three weeks after the current commissioners’ terms expired, named Williamson [...]
With Roman Polanski under arrest in Switzerland, American prosecutors Monday disputed a claim by the director that they had never tried to nab him after he fled overseas to escape sentencing on charges he had sex with an underage girl. The Los Angeles County district attorney ‘s office said it had multiple contacts with several [...]
12:08 PM CDT, September 15, 2009 BOSTON (AP) James S. McDonald, president and chief executive of investment management firm Rockefeller & Co., has died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound, Massachusetts authorities said Tuesday. McDonald, 56, was found in his vehicle at about 3 p.m. Sunday behind a car dealership in Dartmouth, about 50 [...]
“The Insider” has learned the “Megan Wants a Millionaire” star Ryan Alexander Jenkins has been charged in connection to the murder case involving his ex-wife, model Jasmine Fiore . Jenkins has been charged with one felony count of murder, and he is not currently in custody, an Orange County District Attorney rep tells us. Police [...]
Starbucks Coffee Company agrees to settle lawsuit with three California District Attorney’s Offices. Government lawyers with several California District Attorneys Offices settle consumer fraud case with Starbucks Coffee Company. Monterey County, CA–Monterey, Shasta, and Sonoma County District Attorneys’ Offices have agreed to a settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of jilted Starbucks customers with the [...]
HANOVER, Mass. — A 6-year-old Massachusetts girl riding her bicycle was kidnapped by a neighbor who tried to rape her, but she managed to escape from his apartment despite being in leg shackles, a state prosecutor said. The girl was found Saturday afternoon as police searched the apartment complex in Hanover, about 20 miles southeast [...]
NEW YORK — Retiring Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau on Thursday endorsed a former deputy, Cyrus Vance Jr., to succeed him in the office he has held for 34 years. Morgenthau, who had worked with and supervised all three candidates when they worked as prosecutors , called his office “the best district attorney’s office in [...]
The final episode of the documentary-style show Dallas DNA, which focuses on the work of the Dallas County District Attorney’s office, airs tonight. SPOILER ALET: Don’t click on any links below unless you want to know the outcome of the cases. Tonight’s show focuses on Antrone Johnson and whether evidence was withheld in his trial. [...]
The hearing for ex-officer Mehserle continued today with more of the expected. Police officers are holding up the Blue Wall, and the major news media is backing them up to an extent. Justice continues to look far away. In the latest insult, officer Marysol Domenici under cross-examination by Deputy District Attorney David Stein, described a [...]
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