Prosecutors Say They Felt Pressured, Threatened
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Six fired U.S. attorneys testified on Capitol Hill yesterday that they had separately been the target of complaints, improper telephone calls and thinly veiled threats from a high-ranking Justice Department official or members of Congress, both before and after they were abruptly removed from their...
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Campaigners threaten the government with legal action after a corruption inquiry is stopped.
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Reporters there say they face a growing threat from feuding political factions.
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Prosecutors filed amended felony charges Tuesday in the case of a woman tortured for days in rural West Virginia, changes that mean the six defendants could face life in prison if convicted.
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His law license lost and reputation in tatters, Mike Nifong seemingly can fall no further. But the disgraced prosecutor who committed "intentional prosecutorial misconduct" in his pursuit of the Duke lacrosse rape case faces an uncertain &#151; and likely troubled &#151; future.
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The case arose out of accusations that Bush administration officials sought to remove some federal prosecutors so they could be replaced with ones more in line with administration ideology.
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The prosecutor called it "one of the most chilling plots imaginable." But the rhetoric in such terror arrests often doesn't match the charges
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The former chief military prosecutor for the planned war-crimes trials of GuantÃ¡namo detainees said he was pressured to rely increasingly on classified evidence.
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A federal prosecutor in Alexandria made a comment last year suggesting that a Falls Church man held in a Saudi Arabian prison had been tortured, according to a sworn affidavit from a defense lawyer that was recently filed in federal court in Washington.
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Threats against a lawyer before she was murdered were not properly dealt with, the Police Ombudsman says.
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Â· Force's relationships 'damaged' by investigation Â· Phone calls about suing for racism were tapped
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Officials said the investigators lacked the authority to offer the deals and that they could complicate efforts to prosecute the companyâs employees.
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The man considered Texas' most powerful district attorney faced intense pressure to resign Wednesday following the release of sexually and racially charged messages he sent and received using his county e-mail account.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - As they prepare to wrap up their murder case against Scott Peterson in the death of his pregnant wife Laci, even prosecutors have acknowledged their case has at times left jurors scratching their heads...
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The Justice Department inappropriately pressured a former state lawmaker to consider pleading guilty in a corruption case, according to his lawyer, who wants a federal judge to review the agency's actions.
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Exchange officials questioned deals by Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel in November 2007, the Paris prosecutor said on Monday, adding to pressure on the French bank to explain how the trader almost brought it down.
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Richard L. Armitage said he held back at the request of Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the prosecutor.