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Recent Examples of district attorney
The California Office of Administrative Law, which reviews and approves regulation changes proposed by state agencies, granted the district attorney’s request and ruled that the California Board of Parole Hearings must halt the policy.
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
Alejandro Oliveros Acosta, a 46-year-old Santa Ana resident, is accused of luring cats with cat food, kidnapping them and stomping and beating them to death, the Orange County district attorney's office said in a Tuesday press release.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
The only categories of crime brought to the district attorney’s office that have fallen are felony burglary, felony motor vehicle theft, and felony narcotics, which decreased by 13%, 10%, and 2%, respectively.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025
Prosecutor Tracy Prior, chief of the district attorney’s Family Protection Division, said the office has long worked with Olive Crest, which provides help from toy drives to lining up foster parents.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
Alejandro Oliveros Acosta, a 46-year-old Santa Ana resident, is accused of luring cats with cat food, kidnapping them and stomping and beating them to death, the Orange County district attorney's office said in a Tuesday press release.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
The only categories of crime brought to the district attorney’s office that have fallen are felony burglary, felony motor vehicle theft, and felony narcotics, which decreased by 13%, 10%, and 2%, respectively.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025
Prosecutor Tracy Prior, chief of the district attorney’s Family Protection Division, said the office has long worked with Olive Crest, which provides help from toy drives to lining up foster parents.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for district attorney
Noun
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The imprisonment of Judge Carmichael and prosecuting attorney Powell had nothing to do with treason but was simply to protect a political ally of the president and to display the power of the federal government.—
Paul Callahan,
Baltimore Sun,
29 May 2025
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Deputy prosecuting attorneys Jonathan Dixon and Madison McEver litigated the case on behalf of the state of Arkansas.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Soliman is being held on a $10 million, cash-only bond, prosecutors said.—
Eric Tucker,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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The men fired 20 rounds into the car, killing a 5-year-old boy and wounding a 17-year-old boy along with an 8-year-old girl, prosecutors said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2025
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Hope all lawyers at Paul Weiss of conviction join them.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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Rajkumar, currently a State Assembly member representing Queens, was one of three lawyers who filed the original Manhattan Supreme Court complaint on behalf of the tenants on April 1, 2014.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025
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“District attorney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/district%20attorney. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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