A Special Prosecution
special prosecutor | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
A special prosecutor is a prosecutor who is independent of an office that would normally exercise jurisdiction in a criminal investigation—to avoid potential ...
In the United States, a special counsel is a lawyer appointed to investigate, and potentially prosecute, a particular case of suspected wrongdoing for which ...
Special Prosecutor - Annenberg Classroom
Special Prosecutor. A lawyer from outside the government appointed by the attorney general or Congress to investigate a federal official for misconduct while in ...
Special Prosecution Unit - State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor
Experienced trial attorneys who assist in prosecuting criminal cases when requested to do so by and at the direction of the State's Attorney.
Special prosecutor Definition & Meaning | Merriam-Webster Legal
The meaning of SPECIAL PROSECUTOR is a prosecutor appointed to prosecute particular cases that the regular prosecutor is unable or unqualified to prosecute ...
Revised Statutes of Missouri, RSMo Section 105.961 - MO.gov
If the prosecutor having criminal jurisdiction is not able to prosecute the case due to a conflict of interest, the court may appoint a special prosecutor, paid ...
A Special Kind of Prosecutor | Prosecuting the President
To carry out this difficult charge, special prosecutors are granted the same formal powers as ordinary federal prosecutors, with one crucially important ...
Special Prosecutors and Independent Counsels Records
Established by the Ethics in Government Act Amendments of 1982 (96 Stat. 2039) on January 3, 1983. Predecessor Agency was Special ...
The Use of Special Prosecutors | Loudoun County, VA
The Attorney for the Commonwealth makes the request by filing a Motion with the Circuit Court pursuant to Virginia Code Section 19.2-155. If, based on the ...
Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section (HRSP)
HRSP investigates and prosecutes human rights violators for genocide, torture, war crimes, recruitment or use of child soldiers, female genital mutilation, and ...
The History of Presidents and Special Prosecutors
Special prosecutors scrutinizing the White House have looked into accusations of financial corruption, bribery, influence peddling, selling favors and lying to ...
Attorney General's Special Counsel Regulations - Brookings Institution
... prosecution or declination decisions reached by the Special Counsel.” The special counsel's obligation to file “a summary final report” is “limited.” The ...
terms “de-prosecution” and “regressive” prosecutors) broadly refers to an approach taken by some prosecutors in which they refuse to prosecute certain ...
What are special counsels and what do they do? | PBS News
A special counsel is an attorney appointed to investigate, and possibly prosecute, a case in which the Justice Department perceives itself as having a conflict.
28 CFR § 600.1 - Grounds for appointing a Special Counsel.
... a Special Counsel when he or she determines that criminal investigation of a person or matter is warranted and—. (a) That investigation or prosecution of ...
Judge Cannon brushes aside decades of special counsel rulings
Never mind that special prosecutors have been appointed under several presidents from both parties.
Prosecutor on appointing a SPECIAL PROSECUTOR for Clarence ...
Legal Breakdown episode 395: @GlennKirschner2 discusses the prospect of a SPECIAL PROSECUTOR for Clarence Thomas. For more from Brian Tyler ...
The Office - A Brief History Of The Independent Counsel Law - PBS
Covering a wide range of executive branch officials, the law obliged the Attorney General to recommend the appointment of a special prosecutor whenever he or ...
28 CFR Part 600 -- General Powers of Special Counsel - eCFR
The jurisdiction of a Special Counsel shall also include the authority to investigate and prosecute federal crimes committed in the course of, and with intent ...
Special Counsels, Independent Counsels, and Special Prosecutors
Under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, for example, Congress authorized the appointment of “special prosecutors,” who later were known as “ ...