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June 11, 2022
Local district attorney races have gained attention because those offices are often at the center of debates over law enforcement…
Oscar Grant thegrio.com
August 20, 2021
California's attorney general says they will conduct a review of Officer Anthony Pirone's actions in Oscar Grant's 2009 death.
May 17, 2021
Richard "Rick" Jackson surrendered his law license in Texas after Stanley Mozee and Dennis Allen served 15 unearned years in…
March 13, 2021
The cases of Rayshard Brooks' police killing and arrests of students will stay with the district attorney who tried to…
Sexual Assault
September 5, 2018
Ex-cop is Richard Gooddine is accused of sexual assault toward at least four girls while he was on duty in…
Shaun King thegrio.com
February 16, 2018
Social justice activist Shaun King announced that he would be co-founding a political action committee focused on electing better prosecutors.
Marijuana thegrio.com
February 1, 2018
Recreational marijuana use is now legal in California. Wednesday, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón announced the city would be…
March 22, 2017
R. Seth Williams, the district attorney for Philadelphia, was indicted on Tuesday for bribery and fraud.
November 7, 2016
As America prepares to elect its next president, BET's new doc "Charged" reminds voters there's much more at stake than…
March 24, 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor says he'll ask a judge not to give jail time to a New York…
December 30, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - District Attorney Daniel Donovan may not have won an indictment for Eric Garner's case, but he would…
December 24, 2014
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Katt Williams has pleaded not guilty to a robbery charge filed after a photographer accused the
February 12, 2014
OPINION - The borough of Brooklyn, New York has a new chief prosecutor, and if he has his way, there…
October 4, 2013
NEW YORK -- Despite conceding the Democratic primary to former federal prosecutor Kenneth Thompson last month, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles…
September 19, 2013
theGRIO Q&A - Former federal prosecutor Kenneth Thompson pulled off an upset earlier this month when he defeated a six-term…
September 11, 2013
NBC NEW YORK - Kenneth Thompson, a lawyer best known for representing the maid in the sex assault scandal involving…
April 2, 2013
KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) — Suspicion in the slayings of a Texas district attorney and his wife shifted Monday to a…
January 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - The 55-year-old was elected in November as district attorney in Los Angeles, becoming both the first woman…
July 11, 2012
College photographs are known for haunting individuals once they enter their professions, but this recent case involves an officer of…
December 7, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The district attorney announced Wednesday that prosecutors will no longer pursue the death penalty against former Black…