Prosecutors

Judge Accused, Prosecutor Cleared re 3,388 Calls & Texts During & After Death-Penalty Case

It isn’t just in Texas that a judge is accused of having presided over a capital murder trial while simultaneously having an inappropriate relationship with the prosecutor. In Florida, Broward Circuit Judge Ana Gardiner was charged in a legal ethics complaint yesterday with having exchanged hundreds of phone calls and…

Mar 4, 2010 9:54 PM CST

Angry Judge Allegedly Argued Over Parking Lot Tickets; Prosecutors Now Seek His Recusal

Angry over tickets he received for driving the wrong way in a parking lot and lacking proof of insurance, a Florida judge and former federal prosecutor got out of his Lexus and argued with the state trooper who issued them, reports the Palm Beach Post. During the confrontation, Palm Beach…

Mar 4, 2010 6:29 PM CST

Boston Unveils ‘Real Time Crime’; Camera Web IDs Suspects & Key Scene Info

Authorities in Boston have unveiled the Real Time Crime Center, a new camera network that helps authorities not only identify suspects but provide police with potentially lifesaving information about what is happening on the scene. “This is going to be the real nerve cell of operations in the city,’’ says…

Mar 4, 2010 12:28 AM CST

Lawmakers Call for Wider Probe Into Yoo & Bybee Terrorism Memos

Although a U.S. Department of Justice report last week recommended no sanctions be pursued against two lawyers who authored controversial terrorism memos, that doesn’t appear to be the final answer as far as a number of federal lawmakers are concerned. Senior Democrats are joining with Republicans in calling for further…

Feb 26, 2010 9:51 PM CST

Former City Attorney Pleads to Felony in Courthouse Sex Case

A Michigan lawyer who formerly served as a deputy prosecutor for the city of Holland has pleaded guilty in a felony case, admitting in court this week that he made a plea deal with a 21-year-old female defendant in exchange for sex in a courthouse bathroom. Carl Gabrielse, 31, pleaded…

Feb 26, 2010 8:42 PM CST

As Bomb Case Linked to Ala. Prof Is Reopened, New Evidence Also Is Cited in Brother’s Death

In a series of new investigations related to the prior conduct of a biology professor accused of shooting three colleagues to death and wounding three others at a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama at Huntsville earlier this month, at least three unrelated probes are now being conducted in…

Feb 26, 2010 5:19 PM CST

Ex-Prosecutor Gets FedEx Package Full of Marijuana

A former Air Force intelligence officer thought something was amiss when the Federal Express package delivered to his door was wrapped in Styrofoam, foam insulation, duct tape, plastic wrap and coffee grounds. Eric Anderson, now a faculty member at the National Intelligence University, unwrapped the package anyway. He discovered 33…

Feb 26, 2010 3:09 PM CST

Prosecutor’s Peru Trip Leads to DC Supreme Court Visit

A Maryland prosecutor’s chance encounter during a mission trip to Peru brought him to Washington, D.C., where he attended oral arguments as a guest of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. State’s Attorney Charlie Smith of Frederick County went to Peru to help build a Bible college, and struck up…

Feb 25, 2010 12:05 PM CST

Appeals Court Reverses Death Sentence, Doesn’t Mention Judge-Prosecutor Affair

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has reversed the death sentence for a convicted double murderer who was nearly executed in 2008 before the state ran of out time to perform the lethal injection. But in determining that Charles Dean Hood should be resentenced, the court makes no mention of…

Feb 24, 2010 6:16 PM CST

Defendant Cites Prosecutor’s Facebook Comments in Bid for New Trial

A Somali man convicted of attempted murder in a Minneapolis shooting is citing a prosecutor’s Facebook comments in a bid for a new trial. The new trial motion filed on behalf of convicted defendant Ahmed Ali targets alleged anti-Somali comments by assistant Hennepin County attorney Gretchen Gray-Larson, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune…

Feb 18, 2010 12:26 PM CST

Getaway Car Incident Spurs Call for Probe into Ala. Prof’s Prior Exoneration

Why wasn’t University of Alabama shooting suspect Amy Bishop charged for allegedly trying to steal a getaway car after shooting her brother in 1986? A columnist who is asking the question wants a special prosecutor to investigate. Bishop was never charged in the 1986 incident after she and her mother…

Feb 17, 2010 5:17 PM CST

DOJ Nixes Potential Civil Rights Case Over Sean Bell’s Wedding-Day Death in Hail of Police Bullets

Citing a lack of evidence to prove that New York City police “acted willfully” when they fired some 50 shots at an unarmed African-American man leaving his bachelor party on his wedding day in 2006, the U.S. Department of Justice has declined to pursue civil rights charges concerning the death…

Feb 16, 2010 8:08 PM CST

As Jury Deliberates, Federal Judge Dismisses All Charges in Stanford Document-Shredding Case

In the latest blow to U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors pursuing high-profile charges, a federal judge today dismissed the obstruction and conspiracy case against two men accused of ordering the destruction of documents related to R. Allen Stanford’s alleged $7 billion Ponzi scheme. Citing a lack of intent as he…

Feb 12, 2010 10:32 PM CST

Beating + Gun + Broken Jaw + Videotape = Misdemeanor Case in NY Home Invade Attempt

Jumped and beaten at the front door of her family’s home in the Bronx, a young college student reportedly fought off her assailant as he tried to force his way inside. But before the unidentified suspect fled he broke her jaw by smashing a gun into her face. Even after…

Feb 12, 2010 5:14 PM CST

Prosecutor Suspended Over Plea Deal Allowing Victim to Slap Defendant

A West Virginia prosecutor has been suspended for one month without pay for OK’ing a plea deal that permitted the victim to slap the defendant in exchange for dropping the petit larceny case. Assistant Kanawha County prosecutor Stewart Altmeyer jokingly relayed the offer, only to have the one-slap deal accepted…

Feb 11, 2010 10:32 PM CST