Prosecutors

Law Students Juggle Legal Internships with Liquor Sales, Dog Training

Many law students who secured government internships in Virginia this summer are working for free. The Virginian-Pilot surveyed several government offices, and found that summer jobs for law students are unpaid at prosecutors’ offices in South Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Chesapeake and Portsmouth, and some are unpaid in Virginia Beach. Internships…

Aug 1, 2011 4:08 PM CDT

Drew Peterson Prosecutors Filed Hearsay Appeal Too Late, Appellate Court Rules

Jurors deciding the fate of former Bolingbrook, Ill., police officer Drew Peterson won’t be allowed to consider a variety of hearsay evidence because prosecutors failed to appeal a trial court ruling within a 30-day window, an appeals court says. The Illinois Appellate Court’s 3rd District ruled Tuesday that prosecutors missed…

Jul 27, 2011 2:55 PM CDT

John Doe Prisoner Is Identified, and He’s Not a Missing DA

A John Doe prisoner in Utah is not a missing Pennsylvania district attorney declared dead on Monday. Tipsters had alerted Utah police that the John Doe prisoner resembled missing Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar, who disappeared six years ago. But the mystery prisoner has since been identified as a…

Jul 27, 2011 1:44 PM CDT

After Missing DA Is Declared Dead, Some Note His Resemblance to a John Doe Prisoner

Detectives are investigating whether a missing Pennsylvania district attorney declared dead on Monday is alive and in jail in Provo, Utah. A judge declared Ray Gricar dead on Monday, six years after his disappearance, the Patriot-News reported. The Centre County DA was 59 when he vanished in April 2005, leaving…

Jul 26, 2011 4:21 PM CDT

DA’s Office Can Prosecute Ex-Intern Who’s Now Person of Interest in Law Student Slaying, Judge Rules

Stephen McDaniel worked for about three months this spring as an intern in the Bibb County, Ga., district attorney’s office, during his third year in law school. But that won’t prevent the DA’s office from prosecuting the Mercer University law graduate on two burglary charges concerning the apartment building in…

Jul 25, 2011 4:10 PM CDT

Prosecutor Settles Personal DUI Case for $1.2 Million

A Los Angeles County, Calif., assistant district attorney has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit against her that stemmed from a car crash involving two women and charges of driving drunk. The settlement was reached the same day as a Los Angeles jury awarded more than $1…

Jul 22, 2011 8:19 PM CDT

Judge Frees Prisoners Due to Prosecutor’s Extended Break, Then is Himself Late for PM Court Session

A Canadian judge yesterday freed a number of prisoners, including a disbarred lawyer charged with fraud, because a prosecutor was late returning from a break. But then the judge was himself late returning to the afternoon session of Ontario Court, an unidentified source tells the Toronto Star, noting “There’s a…

Jul 22, 2011 12:59 PM CDT

Casey Anthony Prosecutors Defend Their Ethics, Cite Misdirected Email on Software Issues

Prosecutors in the Casey Anthony case are defending their ethics after a computer expert appeared to imply they failed to disclose his warning that his software incorrectly found the defendant searched for the word “chloroform” 84 times. John Bradley, who designed the CacheBack software used to support the 84-search assertion,…

Jul 21, 2011 12:21 PM CDT

Expert: I Warned Prosecutors Casey Anthony Didn’t Do 84 ‘Chloroform’ Word Searches

Casey Anthony didn’t do 84 searches for the word “chloroform” and prosecutors didn’t correct the error, a computer expert says. John Bradley, who designed the CacheBack software used to support the 84-search assertion, now says Anthony visited the suspect website only once, the New York Times reports.The website, sci-spot.com, gave…

Jul 19, 2011 12:04 PM CDT

Help Wanted in New Jersey: Unpaid ‘Special Assistant US Attorneys’

The U.S. Attorney’s office in New Jersey is following the lead of its counterparts in other states by advertising for some unpaid help. The office is seeking “special assistant U.S. Attorneys” willing to work for free in Camden and Newark, the New Jersey Law Journal reports. Twenty-one other U.S. Atorney’s…

Jul 18, 2011 2:48 PM CDT

Criminal Charges Over Mich. Woman’s Front-Yard Vegetable Garden Are Dropped

Misdemeanor criminal charges against an Oak Park, Mich., woman who grew vegetables in raised beds in her front yard were dropped on Wednesday. But Julie Bass, who had been looking at a July 26 trial, didn’t find that out until her lawyer went to court Thursday to file a motion…

Jul 15, 2011 5:51 PM CDT

Prosecutor Refuses to Prosecute Man with Two Wives Because Second Marriage Is Outside State

A Florida prosecutor has declined to prosecute a man for bigamy because one of his marriages is allegedly outside the state. The man’s Florida wife, Heather Maria Bennett of Orlando, tells the Florida Sun Sentinel she discovered last year that her husband is also married to a woman in Las…

Jul 15, 2011 11:46 AM CDT

Judge Declares Mistrial in Roger Clemens Case Due to Prosecutor References to Banned Evidence

A federal judge has declared a mistrial in Roger Clemens’ trial on charges of lying to Congress about taking steroids and human growth hormone. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton of Washington, D.C., ruled after prosecutors showed a video that referenced banned evidence, ESPN.com reports. “I don’t see how I unring…

Jul 14, 2011 4:02 PM CDT

Warrant Issued for Ex-Prosecutor Who Was a No-Show at His Own Client-Theft Trial

An arrest warrant has been issued for a former Louisiana prosecutor who was a no-show both Monday and Tuesday at his scheduled trial on charges of client theft. Stephen Callahan, 51, allegedly took money from four women while subsequently working as a private practitioner but then did not perform promised…

Jul 13, 2011 6:41 PM CDT

Lawyer Asks Judge if 11-Year-Old Suspected of Killing 6-Year-Old Brother Can Attend Funeral

The defense attorney asked a judge if an 11-year-old boy charged with murder and reckless homicide in the shooting of his 6-year-old brother could be released from custody to attend the victim’s funeral Thursday. Attorney John Boren told the judge that the boy poses no danger to himself or anyone…

Jul 8, 2011 9:05 PM CDT