Jezebel

How overzealous rural prosecutors may be derailing real criminal justice reform

For years, criminal justice reformers have worked to reduce the number of people being sent to prison. Is it working? That depends if you live in a city or the country. In Indiana, for example, the ...
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'She will destroy you': Judge influenced prosecutor on how to handle post-conviction relief for notorious gang leader and murderer, commission says

A Florida appeals court judge faces allegations that she tried to influence how a prosecutor handled the post-conviction relief process of a convicted murderer and drug dealer. Third District Court ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Former Chesapeake prosecutor seeks to unseat city’s commonwealth’s attorney

CHESAPEAKE — When former Chesapeake City Councilman Matt Hamel was elected commonwealth’s attorney in 2021, David Mick was among more than a dozen prosecutors who left the office in protest in the ...
Forbes

Will Trump’s Georgia Criminal Case Move Forward? What To Know As New Prosecutor Appointed

A new prosecutor has been appointed to take over the Georgia criminal case against President Donald Trump and his allies, replacing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, potentially allowing ...
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Prosecutor appoints himself to take over Georgia 2020 election case against Trump, admits no one else wanted the job

A Georgia prosecutor was forced to take over the state’s 2020 election interference case against President Trump and more than a dozen of his allies — after no other advocate was willing to sign on ...

From White House adviser to Trump’s handpicked prosecutor: 63 days with Lindsey Halligan

As Lindsey Halligan was driving back to the Washington, DC, area Monday, Trump’s handpicked US attorney to run the Alexandria, Virginia, office was trying to figure out whether she still had a job.