- Ex-Prosecutor Worries Trump Could Pardon Capitol Rioters as Pardon Power Extends to DC Cases https://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/ex-prosecutor-worries-trump-could-pardon-capitol-rioters-as-pardon-power-extends-to-local-cases-in-dc/2535477/ 13 comments law
- 'We are just going to stay in power': What ex-Trump attorney told prosecutors https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/11/14/abc-exclusive-trump-2020-election-ebof-vpx.cnn 9 comments politics
- Ellis told Georgia prosecutors Trump planned ‘to stay in power’: ABC News https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4307912-ellis-told-georgia-prosecutors-trump-planned-to-stay-in-power-abc-news/ 100 comments politics
- The Republican Power Grab Hidden in Indiana’s Zero-Week Abortion Ban. These laws are part of the backlash against progressive prosecutors, too. https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/08/republican-power-grab-zero-work-abortion-ban-holcomb-indiana-mears/ 8 comments law
- The Republican Power Grab Hidden in Indiana’s Zero-Week Abortion Ban. These laws are part of the backlash against progressive prosecutors, too. https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/08/republican-power-grab-zero-work-abortion-ban-holcomb-indiana-mears/ 4 comments politics
- Judge : Bayern abused power with its prestige, including violating the minimum wage law, evading taxes, falsifying documents and social security fraud. Youth workers got only paid 450€ with 100-120 hours work. The prosecutor Office are investigating https://sport.sky.de/fussball/artikel/fc-bayern-news-rechtsanwalt-erhebt-schwere-vorwuerfe-gegen-fcb/12506308/34130?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&wkz=WXTNL1&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1640878770 239 comments soccer
- How Can You Destroy a Person’s Life and Only Get a Slap on the Wrist? When prosecutors don’t wield their power honorably, they rarely pay a price, even for repeated and egregious misconduct that puts innocent people behind bars. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/04/opinion/prosecutor-misconduct-new-york-doj.html 75 comments law
- Austria’s Kurz under suspicion for bribery and embezzlement in corruption probe. Prosecutors believe chancellor masterminded illegal effort to pay off pollsters and journalists in his rise to power. https://www.politico.eu/article/kurz-austria-corruption-vienna/ 4 comments europes
- Biden Gives Prosecutors More Power To Decide Which Immigration Cases To Drop https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/biden-ice-prosecutors-immigration-cases 5 comments politics
- Kyle Rittenhouse, out on bail, flashed white power signs at a bar, prosecutors say https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kyle-rittenhouse-out-bail-flashed-white-power-signs-bar-prosecutors-n1254250 31 comments politics
- Prosecutors are looking to modify Kyle Rittenhouse's bail conditions after the Kenosha shooter flashed white power signs and was spotted out with Proud Boys https://www.businessinsider.com/prosecutors-seek-to-change-kyle-rittenhouse-bail-conditions-2021-1 811 comments politics
- Trump wields pardon power as political weapon, rewarding loyalists and undermining prosecutors https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pardon-power-russia-probe-mueller/2020/12/24/c55000c8-45fd-11eb-b0e4-0f182923a025_story.html 44 comments politics
- Barr Blasts His Own Prosecutors: 'All Power Is Vested In The Attorney General' https://www.npr.org/2020/09/17/913891515/in-fiery-speech-barr-assails-his-own-prosecutors-for-political-headhunting 61 comments law
- Powerful NC lawmaker took donors’ money for his own use, prosecutors say https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article245118325.html 10 comments politics
- Trump fires powerful prosecutor https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/20/politics/trump-fires-berman-barr-says/index.html 6 comments politics
- President Trump has fired US Attorney Geoffrey Berman after the powerful prosecutor refused to step down, Attorney General Barr says in a letter https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/20/politics/trump-fires-berman-barr-says/index.html#click=https://t.co/gqoggw9eob 3 comments politics
- Judge Sullivan must reject Barr’s usurpation of judicial power - The prosecutors brought the case and won it. All that remains is for Judge Sullivan to decide what sentence to impose on Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty twice https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/11/opinion/judge-sullivan-must-reject-barrs-usurpation-judicial-power/ 237 comments politics
- Turkey charges 20 Saudis over Jamal Khashoggi murder - Turkish prosecutors have formally charged 20 Saudi nationals over the murder of the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul in 2018, including two men close to the powerful crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/turkey-charges-20-saudis-over-jamal-khashoggi 12 comments worldnews
- Trump and Barr Are Out of Control. The prosecutor who quit over the Roger Stone sentencing is sending a powerful message about political weaponization. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/opinion/roger-stone-resignation.html 3 comments politics
- Trump's alleged abuses of power make 2019 one of the most corrupt years in history, former federal prosecutor says https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-alleged-abuses-power-make-2019-one-most-corrupt-years-history-former-federal-1479715 3 comments politics
- Trump asks Supreme Court to shield his tax returns from prosecutors, setting up historic separation-of-power showdown https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-shield-his-tax-returns-from-prosecutors-setting-up-historic-separation-of-power-showdown/2019/11/14/d7b176a0-04dd-11ea-8292-c46ee8cb3dce_story.html 3 comments politics
- The pressure on a prosecutor: How Epstein’s wealth and power steered Acosta toward lenient deal https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/the-pressure-on-a-prosecutor-how-epsteins-wealth-and-power-steered-acosta-toward-lenient-deal/2019/07/12/2a7bdd08-a421-11e9-bd56-eac6bb02d01d_story.html?utm_term=.5b49e5ef29c2 11 comments politics
- Venezuela’s chief prosecutor Tarek William Saab says he’s launched an investigation into opposition leader Juan Guaido over suspicions he was involved in an attack on the country’s power grid. https://apnews.com/5817121a507448c38714be9c06f45be6?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=ap&utm_campaign=socialflow 3 comments worldnews
- Prosecutors Have the Power to Stop Bad Roadside Drug Tests From Ruining People’s Lives https://www.aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/drug-testing/prosecutors-have-power-stop-bad-roadside-drug-tests-ruining 12 comments politics
- AG Whitaker reveals federal prosecutor still investigating allegations that the FBI abused its power in surveilling Trump campaign adviser, while ignoring evidence of the Clinton Foundation's ties to Russian nuclear energy agency https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/03/politics/whitaker-prosecutor-fbi/index.html 12 comments politics
- China's former Internet chief, Lu Wei, pleaded guilty in court on Friday of taking millions of dollars in bribes, after prosecutors accused him of abusing his power in various government posts over 15 years. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/former-chinese-internet-chief-lu-wei-pleads-guilty-in-bribery-trial 5 comments worldnews
- Lawmakers propose giving top NY prosecutor power to bypass Trump pardons https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-new-york-pardons/lawmakers-propose-giving-top-ny-prosecutor-power-to-bypass-trump-pardons-iduskbn1hr2sk 18 comments politics
- How a fired prosecutor became the most powerful law enforcement official in Louisiana https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2017/11/02/how-a-fired-prosecutor-became-the-most-powerful-law-enforcement-official-in-louisiana/ 4 comments law
- Sessions' Recusal Gives Senators Powerful Leverage to Demand Russia Special Prosecutor https://theintercept.com/2017/03/02/sessionss-recusal-gives-senators-powerful-leverage-to-demand-russia-special-prosecutor/ 4 comments politics
- "Russian nationalists" had planned to assassinate Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic to get an opposition party into power, a special prosecutor investigating an alleged plot to sway last month's election in Montenegro said on Sunday http://www.reuters.com/article/us-montenegro-election-prosecutor-iduskbn1310r8?il=0 145 comments worldnews
- To Fight Clean Power Plan, Fossil Fuel Companies Paid for Private Meetings with Republican State Prosecutors http://www.desmogblog.com/2016/09/07/fight-clean-power-plan-fossil-fuel-companies-paid-private-meetings-republican-state-prosecutors 4 comments politics
- The Economist: American prosecutors have too much power. Hand some of it to judges. http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21621784-american-prosecutors-have-too-much-power-hand-some-it-judges-plea-change 30 comments law
- Gen. Ray Odierno, the chief of staff of the Army, said he opposed Sen. Gillibrand’s measure which would strip commanders of oversight of sexual assault and other felony prosecutions in the military, giving independent prosecutors the power to make the decision. http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/11/13/gen-odierno-opposes-gillibrand-measure-on-sexual-assaults/ 5 comments politics
- Judge Strips AZ Prosecutors Of Power After Confess-Or-Die Ultimatum http://progressivenation.us/2010/07/09/judge-strips-az-prosecutors-of-power-after-confess-or-die-ultimatum/ 4 comments reddit.com
- Incredible story from Orlando, where police and prosecutors were apparently convicting people of violent crimes based almost exclusively on the “testimony” of a police dog whose handler claimed has extraordinary powers. http://www.theagitator.com/2009/06/15/super-powered-police-dog-proves-a-paltry-pooch-people-it-imprisoned-exculpated/ 6 comments reddit.com
- [Poland]I'm shocked, it lasted three hours - Prosecutor E. Wrzosek, who initiated the investigation into the presidential correspondence elections. It was discontinued at an express pace, according to the District Attorney Office. Her boss, DA Paweł Blachowski, was promoted after PiS came to power. https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,173952,25894412,jestem-zszokowana-najszybsze-sledztwo-swiata-prokurator.html 54 comments europe
- Korean Prosecutors demand 20-year jail term for ex-President Lee Myung-bak - Lee, president from 2008-2013, was indicted in April on 16 counts of corruption ranging from bribery, abuse of power and embezzlement to other irregularities. https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2018/09/251_255163.html 4 comments worldnews
- Brazil prosecutor seeks arrest of senior members of embattled president's party.Temer’s centre-right administration – which took power less than a month ago – now looks more vulnerable to the graft investigation than that of his predecessor, Dilma Rousseff http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/07/brazil-president-party-prosecutor-arrests 4 comments worldnews
- Leahy & Paul plan on prison sentences makes sense "US prosecutors win more than 90% of their cases, 97% without complete trials. Making mandatory minimums less severe would lessen the power of prosecutors to pressure defendants by overcharging them in order to expose them to draconian penalties" http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-will-leahy-and-paul-plan-on-prison-sentences-makes-sense/2013/06/05/9731afba-cdfc-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html?tid=rssfeed 7 comments politics
- Guatemala's top court on Thursday ordered Congress to "guarantee" the swearing-in of president-elect Bernardo Arevalo, after accepting an appeal against efforts by the prosecutor's office aimed at preventing him from assuming power on January 14 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231214-guatemala-top-court-to-congress-guarantee-arevalo-inauguration 4 comments worldnews