Word: prosecutor
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...evildoers, they have tended to come straight out of Central Casting : poor, lower-class hard-luck cases for whom murder was the defining moment of their lives -- think Karla Faye Tucker, or Texas dragging murderer James William King. But the death sentence handed down Tuesday to former state prosecutor and political adviser Thomas Capano for the murder of a secretary to the governor of Delaware brings the death penalty to a far more rarefied social stratum. Indeed, when was the last time a rich, powerful white man was sentenced...
After the verdict was announced, a prosecutor turned to the relatives of those killed. "I'm sorry," he said. "I buried my husband a year ago," Rita Wunderlich replied. "Today it was his second funeral...
...Lewis and stepfather Peter Strauss. It followed a few days of negotiations with independent counsel Kenneth Starr's office, because her immunity agreement requires her to get permission before talking to the press. The chief restriction placed on her was that she was not supposed to talk about the prosecutor's treatment of her, which is the subject of an investigation. Duffy says, "The good thing about Monica is that she answers nearly every question. But that's her problem...
...prosecutor said the woman assaulted byDouglas found a handwritten note under her doorthe next day apologizing "for pressuring her,forcing her to engage in these activities...
...April 20, she had another conversation withthe defendant in which he again admitted that hehad not been under the influence of alcohol, thathe had forced her to do things she had not wantedto do and apologized," the prosecutor told thecourt...