Read more district attorney stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17910/district-attorney.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:28:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70612/whoopi-calls-polanski-case-not-rape-rape-triggers-uproar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhoopi Goldberg's comment that Roman Polanski's sex with a 13-year-old girl wasn't really "rape-rape" has added fuel to the growing conflagration between the film director's Hollywood supporters and angry feminists. "I know it wasn't rape-rape. I think it was something else, but I don't believe it was rape-rape," Goldberg said...http://www.newser.com/story/70612/whoopi-calls-polanski-case-not-rape-rape-triggers-uproar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 4:15:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69646/hofstra-student-recants-gang-rape-claim.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA reported gang rape at Hofstra University wasn't a rape after all, the local DA says. The accuser "recanted her claims against the five young men," a school official told students in a text message. The four men who had been charged—and publicly identified—were released from jail last...http://www.newser.com/story/69646/hofstra-student-recants-gang-rape-claim.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 12:05:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68704/philly-voters-do-you-know-where-your-da-candidate-is.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWould-be Philadelphia District Attorney Michael Untermeyer has outfitted himself with a stylish new accessory—an electronic ankle monitor, of the kind he’d like to slap on the city’s criminals, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. For the next 30 days, curious voters will be able to keep tabs on him via his...http://www.newser.com/story/68704/philly-voters-do-you-know-where-your-da-candidate-is.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 05 Sep 2009 14:22:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58358/charge-vs-mom-who-kicked-kids-to-curb-will-be-dropped.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMadlyn Primoff, the New York lawyer who gained notoriety when she kicked her squabbling kids out of the car last month, will likely not face legal repercussions, the Journal News reports. Though she faces a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child, it will be dropped in 6...http://www.newser.com/story/58358/charge-vs-mom-who-kicked-kids-to-curb-will-be-dropped.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 14:16:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56174/sunday-school-teacher-faces-death-penalty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA California Sunday school teacher arrested for the murder of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu is now eligible for the death penalty after prosecutors added three “special circumstances,” to her charges today, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The San Joaquin County DA alleges that Melissa Huckaby killed the girl after kidnapping her,...http://www.newser.com/story/56174/sunday-school-teacher-faces-death-penalty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Apr 2009 15:03:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54807/rihanna-still-working-with-da.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRihanna is cooperating with the Los Angeles District Attorney in the case against Chris Brown—and reports otherwise are “totally incorrect,” her attorney tells E! A rep for the DA’s office also confirms Rihanna is “a cooperating victim” in the domestic-violence case, although she will not appear in court Monday...http://www.newser.com/story/54807/rihanna-still-working-with-da.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 31 Mar 2009 10:28:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53813/madoff-lawyer-da-lock-horns-on-bail.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBernard Madoff’s lawyer argued today that the financier, who has pleaded guilty to a $65 billion Ponzi scheme, should be free on bail until June sentencing, the New York Times reports. Ira Sorkin cited past precedent in similar cases, but the prosecution said Madoff has incentive to flee—and one...http://www.newser.com/story/53813/madoff-lawyer-da-lock-horns-on-bail.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Mar 2009 11:48:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53482/push-to-indict-dubya-gets-caffeine-boost.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Seattle coffee merchant has sent 2,200 copies of Vincent Bugliosi’s bestselling The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder to DAs whose districts have lost residents to the Iraq war, the Seattle Times reports. The damning book “was the first time in 8 years I had seen anyone...http://www.newser.com/story/53482/push-to-indict-dubya-gets-caffeine-boost.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Mar 2009 18:11:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50617/rihanna-helps-cops-build-case-against-abusive-brown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolice are trying to beef up the case against Chris Brown and expect to complete their investigation next week, the New York Daily News reports. Rihanna is cooperating, and investigators expect to reinterview both parties before involving the DA's office, which has already asked for more evidence, a source tells...http://www.newser.com/story/50617/rihanna-helps-cops-build-case-against-abusive-brown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Feb 2009 8:52:00 CST