prosecuting attorney


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Synonyms for prosecuting attorney

a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state

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Bradley Berry, Yamhill County, Oregon district attorney; Curtis Hill, Elkhart County, Indiana prosecuting attorney; and Tom Robertson, Michigan Prosecuting Attorneys Association, executive director, also received the President's Award for their co-chairing and leadership of strategic planning.
Later, he was elected Midland's prosecuting attorney, serving two terms.
According to the award announcement, the 25-year-old reporter retraced years of evidence, records, and interviews, and his reporting "showed the guilty verdict was accomplished when evidence gathered by the lead investigator was withheld by the prosecuting attorney's office."
The Human Rights Bureau will have the sole responsibility of investigating the complaints and ensuring that the prosecuting attorney is swiftly and effectively prosecuting the wrongdoers.
He served as prosecuting attorney in some cases and as defense counsel in others, developing his legal skills and, in the process, finding his calling.
The prosecuting attorney in the case, Rodney Cummings, said that there is evidence that five juveniles, including the two wounded youths, had damaged Schalk's equipment and that he would be filing charges against them.
Arthur, for example, spends parts of the book trying to deal with his schizophrenic sister and chief deputy prosecuting attorney Muriel Wynn deals with the repercussions of an old love affair.
The original prosecuting attorney, chief detective, and judge are all brought back into the limelight as each realizes what is at stake if Raven finds that there was some mistake in their handling of the original case.
A federal appellate court has voided the death sentence of a convicted murderer, holding that the prosecuting attorney had no right to tell the jury that God supports capital punishment.
Representatives from the sheriffs department, police department(s), prosecuting attorney's office, and corrections or human service agencies review the offender's case history and risk level to determine whom in the community they should notify about the offender.
"Every time they have a hearing, the hearing officer works for DHCR and the prosecuting attorney works for DHCR and they are not objective," complained Albert.