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district attorney
noun
- an officer who acts as attorney for the people or government within a specified district.
district attorney
noun
- (in the US) the state prosecuting officer in a specified judicial district
district attorney
- An official responsible for representing the government in court cases and for prosecuting criminals.
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
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Representatives from the mayor’s and the city district attorney’s offices did not respond to inquiries.
Before she became vice president, Harris served as the San Francisco district attorney and California’s attorney general, and also in 2016 was elected to the U.S.
But his bail was set at $25,000, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
“The escalation from targeting a testifying witness to making a direct death threat against the elected district attorney of Fulton County is a grave and unprecedented attack on the justice system,†the motion said.
Department of Justice report criticizes the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and the district attorney’s past use of jail informants.
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