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Getty Images San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon requested that the FBI examine arrests at low-income hotels The series of police scandals has taxed the budgets of the district-attorney and public-defender offices, and prompted two federal investigations.
Police Scandals Hobble Prosecutors Justin Scheck 2011
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Getty Images San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon requested that the FBI examine arrests at low-income hotels The series of police scandals has taxed the budgets of the district-attorney and public-defender offices, and prompted two federal investigations.
Police Scandals Hobble Prosecutors Justin Scheck 2011
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Some district-attorney programs "don't provide any supervision that I'm aware of, and I mean any," said Allen Smallwood, a former president of the Oklahoma Bar Association, who estimated that more than 200 of his clients have been placed under DA supervision.
Probation Pays Bills for Prosecutors Nathan Koppel 2012
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That district-attorney probe remains open, a spokeswoman said.
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Assizes, when the district-attorney, recovering from his first shock, had taken the word to deplore the mad deed of the honorable mayor of M. sur
Les Miserables 2008
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One day he encountered the district-attorney in one of the streets of
Les Miserables 2008
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The district-attorney forwarded it to M. sur M. by a special messenger, at full speed, and entrusted its execution to Police Inspector Javert.
Les Miserables 2008
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Immediately after Champmathieu had been set at liberty, the district-attorney shut himself up with the President.
Les Miserables 2008
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Nevertheless, the district-attorney was bent on having a Jean Valjean; and as he had no longer Champmathieu, he took Madeleine.
Les Miserables 2008
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The order of arrest, signed by the district-attorney, was couched in these words:
Les Miserables 2008
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