district attorney

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Recent Examples of district attorney Rachael Powell, chief deputy district attorney in the Fourth Judicial District, said close relationships with law enforcement can help prosecutors overcome hurdles in stalking cases. Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025 Although the district attorney later declined to file charges, Corpus maintains that evidence supported her decision. Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025 Anamaria says her family will never forget the moment during an April resentencing hearing in which the district attorney’s office displayed graphic, unredacted images of Jose’s body to the courtroom without warning the family. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025 The district attorney’s office never formally filed charges in connection to those offenses. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for district attorney
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Noun
  • Thompson tried the case alongside assistant prosecuting attorneys Rob Sanders, Spencer Curtis and Savina Balano.
    PJ Green October 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Following the verdict, neither the defense or prosecuting attorneys were willing to comment on the outcome of the trial.
    Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • According to the Danville San Ramon, Moseby’s criminal trial has been delayed eight times in recent years as both his attorneys and prosecutors from the district attorney’s office have requested more time to work on the case.
    Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Zhi and a network of top executives in the Prince Group are accused of using political influence in multiple countries to protect their criminal enterprise and paid bribes to public officials to avoid actions by law enforcement authorities targeting the scheme, according to prosecutors.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Reporters interviewed dozens of former regime officials, many of whom spoke on condition of anonymity for their safety, as well as Syrian human rights lawyers, European law enforcement, civil society groups and members of the new Syrian government.
    Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The Right to Counsel program has since boosted the percentage of those with lawyers from 4% before the pandemic to up to 70% this year, a nonprofit involved said.
    Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025

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“District attorney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/district%20attorney. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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