Word: prosecutors
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...cities such as Los Angeles and San Jose, prosecutors have sought injunctions against groups of people suspected of gang activity. "The officers in the streets know the gang members and gather physical evidence for lengthy court hearings," says Los Angeles prosecutor Martin Vranicar. If the evidence is enough to convince a judge, an injunction is issued to prohibit specific behavior--such as carrying cell phones or pagers or blocking sidewalk passage--in defined geographical areas. "It works instantly," says San Jose city attorney Joan Gallo, who successfully defended the tactic before the California Supreme Court. "A few days after...
...thought a takeover would actually occur at Harvard, Epps says. But after hearing a presentation by Professor Archibald Cox '34--later famous as a special prosecutor who investigated Nixon--about similar actions at other schools, the University began to prepare anyway...
After working for three years as an assistantU.S. Attorney, Lumbard was named an assistant tofuture Supreme Court Justice John Harlan in anspecial prosecutor's investigation ofsewage-construction kickbacks in Queens, initiatedby Gov. Alfred E. Smith...
...Microsoft put AOL's Steve Case on the rack over his business plans. Now AOL exec David Colburn will be called as a hostile witness. "They've put most of their chips on the AOL marker," says George Washington law professor Bill Kovacic. "They're stretching," laughs chief prosecutor David Boies...
BORIS YELTSIN In a step toward impeachment, parliament votes to keep prosecutor. Ain't democracy...