Tagged: St. Lawrence County DA office

October 5, 2016

Upstate NY Murder Prosecution Ends in Acquittal: A Look at the District Attorney

In a Huffington Post blog titled A Most Dangerous Prosecutor: A Sequel, Professor Bennett L. Gershman, of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, describes what may be a unique record of prosecutorial misconduct that has yet to bring a disciplinary response.

September 24, 2015

Prosecutor Accountability for Appellate Delays

DA Mary Rain recently had to defend an extensive appellate delay caused by one of the attorneys in her office. Is there a better solution to extensive delays in criminal appeals?

Joel Stashenko, Panel Rejects Contempt Motion After DA Apologizes for Tardiness, NYLJ (Sept. 16, 2015) (subscription to NYLJ required to access the article).
David Sommerstein, DA Mary Rain Found Not In Contempt of Court, NCPR (Sept. 17, 2015).
W. T. Eckert, DA Office Brief Raises Questions Over Failure to File Documents with Supreme Court, Watertown Daily Times (Sept. 9, 2015).

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