Read more prosecutors stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/18499/prosecutors.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:29:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70538/polanski-taunt-brought-da-down-on-him.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRoman Polanski may have his own lawyers to thank for his current predicament. This summer, in an attempt to get the charges against the director dropped, they told an appellate court that prosecutors weren’t actually trying to catch him, because they were afraid to face old misconduct allegations. That ticked...http://www.newser.com/story/70538/polanski-taunt-brought-da-down-on-him.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 8:57:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60262/rockefeller-jury-wont-hear-of-calif-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProsecutors in the kidnapping trial of the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller have agreed not to tell the jury that he is a "person of interest" in the 1985 disappearance of a California couple. But they want the jury to hear the dramatic 911 call and subsequent statements made...http://www.newser.com/story/60262/rockefeller-jury-wont-hear-of-calif-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 May 2009 14:51:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59138/rove-tight-lipped-after-grilling-over-attorney-firings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKarl Rove stayed mum as he left an interview with a special prosecutor today about the firing of US attorneys during the Bush administration, the AP reports. Nora Dannehy questioned the former White House aide at his lawyer’s office; she left after about 4 hours. Rove’s attorney said his client...http://www.newser.com/story/59138/rove-tight-lipped-after-grilling-over-attorney-firings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 May 2009 15:04:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59024/rove-will-be-questioned-over-attorney-firings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKarl Rove is on the hot seat tomorrow. The former Bush adviser will be interviewed by federal prosecutors as part of a criminal investigation into the firings of US attorneys in 2006, the Washington Post reports. Rove will meet with Connecticut prosecutor Nora R. Dannehy, who has been charged with...http://www.newser.com/story/59024/rove-will-be-questioned-over-attorney-firings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 May 2009 17:19:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51022/doj-pulls-prosecutors-off-stevens-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Justice Department has yanked the team that prosecuted Ted Stevens off any future action in the case, Politico reports, after the judge found four of the lawyers—including chief prosecutor Brenda Morris—in contempt. Morris and company raised the judge’s ire by withholding documents related to FBI agent Chad...http://www.newser.com/story/51022/doj-pulls-prosecutors-off-stevens-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Feb 2009 8:46:00 CSThttp://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 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47093/madoff-mails-1m-in-bling-feds-pounce.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProsecutors are fuming after Bernard Madoff mailed more than $1 million in jewelry to his sons on Christmas Eve, the New York Post reports. The Ponzi schemer was dragged into court today but left under house arrest pending written arguments. Madoff's bail agreement allows such a gift, but an SEC...http://www.newser.com/story/47093/madoff-mails-1m-in-bling-feds-pounce.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Jan 2009 18:11:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43971/the-11th-commandment-thou-shalt-not-forge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFraudulent biblical artifacts come a dime a dozen, but reputable archaeologists are turning out to be far less common, Nina Burleigh writes in the Los Angeles Times . The latest example involves an Israeli collector who claimed to have relics from the time of Christ. Declaring the items forgeries, authorities prosecuted...http://www.newser.com/story/43971/the-11th-commandment-thou-shalt-not-forge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 29 Nov 2008 18:06:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38988/judge-sends-stevens-jury-home-may-declare-mistrial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA federal judge sent the jury in Ted Stevens’ Washington corruption trial home today as he considers declaring a mistrial for the Alaska senator, the AP reports. Stevens’ lawyers claimed that prosecutors attempted to withhold FBI reports about the government’s key witness, former oil exec Bill Allen, that they say...http://www.newser.com/story/38988/judge-sends-stevens-jury-home-may-declare-mistrial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Oct 2008 11:34:48 CDT