Word: prosecutor
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...defendant, former S.S. Maj. Karl Hass, 84, who shot at least two of the victims, was given a suspended 10-year, eight-month sentence and allowed to go free. The two were convicted despite Italy's 30-year statute of limitations on murder, a decision which the prosecutor, Antonino Intelisano, said compensated for the relatively light sentences. After seeking a life term for Priebke and 24 years for Hass, Intelisano claimed not to be disappointed. "This is a very wise and balanced verdict," he said. "It meets everybody's expectations. It affirms the principle that there is no statute...
...interview with Dan Rather not only that he had a "rendezvous" with Jackson's mother more than 20 years ago but also that paternity of Jackson was "a possibility." His lawyer confirms he helped support her while she was in school. Why, then, is Jackson on trial? "Prosecutors have a hard time resisting the temptation to be in the headlines," says Gerard Lynch, a former federal prosecutor...
...during a three-week period last January, Jackson and two male co-defendants mailed letters and placed phone calls to Cosby, his representatives and employers, stating that Jackson might sell her "story of desperation" to the tabloid Globe if Cosby declined to reach a "fair settlement" with her. For prosecutor Paul Engelmayer, the issue is clear-cut: "The...threat was simple: your money or your reputation...
...took seven years for federal prosecutors to drag the 69-year-old Gigante into court on charges that he ran the Genovese crime family and had a hand in seven gangland murders, as well as an attempted hit on archrival John Gotti. Throughout those seven years, Gigante's lawyers and family have insisted he is a feeble, addled man going back a quarter of a century, incompetent to put on a pair of pants, let alone mastermind a secret society of schemers, thieves and assassins. But prosecutor George Stamboulidis called it a "shrewd and shameless camouflage," and a detective testified...
...recently fired from Ray's 30-06 hunting rifle, Judge Joseph Brown said, "This comparison revealed that the gross and unique characteristic signature left on the 12 test bullets by the James Earl Ray rifle was not present on the death bullet." Adopting a tone of advocacy that a prosecutor termed "improper," Brown essentially called for reopening the King investigation. He told defense lawyers and state prosecutors that he wants to see the results of FBI test firings made in 1968, then gave them a week to decide how they intend to lay their hands on those results, which reportedly...