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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 2, 2018

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Declines Accepting Cases from 28 Officers

According to KTVI-TV, St. Louis’s top prosecutor—Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner—has a so-called "exclusion list" of 28 police officers and will refuse to prosecute suspected criminals if any of those officers are deemed critical to such prosecutions.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 28, 2016

Baltimore Prosecutor Blames Police for Freddie Gray Case Failures

Mosby struck a defiant tone. Standing at the intersection where police arrested Gray in April 2015 she railed against police officers whom she accused of kneecapping her office's investigation.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 6, 2015

Prosecutors Criticize D.C. Crime Lab’s Handling of Some DNA Evidence

D.C. prosecutors have stopped sending DNA evidence to the city’s new state-of-the-art crime lab after they said they discovered errors in the way analysts determined whether a sample can be linked to a suspect or a victim.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 12, 2013

AG Holder Changes Drug-Sentencing Rules

Federal prosecutors will no longer seek mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders, part of a broad new effort to focus on violent crimes and national security while reducing the nation's gigantic prison population, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 23, 2013

Ariz. Police Biker Club Officers Fired for Bar Fight

Several Arizona officers have been fired and others may face charges for their roles in a Prescott bar fight as members of the Iron Brotherhood police biker club.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 27, 2013

Calif. High Court Rejects 'Plain Smell' Test for Marijuana

The California Supreme Court Tuesday rejected a prosecutor's argument that officers don't need a search warrant to seize a package that smells of marijuana.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 17, 2013

Ex-Judge's Wife Arrested In Prosecutor Slayings

The wife of a disgraced judge has been charged and is being held on $10 million in bail in the killings of a Texas district attorney, his wife, and his chief felony prosecutor.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 4, 2013

Feds Investigate Texas Prosecutor Killings

The killings of two Kaufman County, Texas, prosecutors have prompted a broad investigation by local, state and federal agencies, including the Texas Rangers, the FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

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Inside the Badge by Anthony ManzellaApril 4, 2013

The Texas Prosecutor Murders

The murders of two Texas prosecutors has made safety a top concern for many prosecutors throughout the country. Prosecutors should start thinking about what to do to protect themselves from high-risk gang defendants.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 29, 2013

D.A. Rejects Aurora Shooting Suspect's Plea

Prosecutors in the Aurora theater shooting case say they are "extremely unlikely" to accept an offer from suspect James Holmes to plead guilty unless they hear more details from him.

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