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To: Calpernia

I assume this is the DA that will be prosecuting the case.

Governmental integrity and prosecutorial tenacity were the hallmarks of veteran prosecutor Steve Cooley’s first term in office as Los Angeles County District Attorney. He was re-elected to that office in the March 2004 primary election, garnering almost 60 percent of the vote against five opponents. He was sworn in for his second term on Monday, December 6, 2004.

A former reserve Los Angeles Police officer, Cooley has reshaped and revitalized the District Attorney’s Office with the most sweeping reorganization that has occurred in the last 40 years.

Among the achievements of Steve Cooley’s first four years in office were his crackdown on corrupt politicians, his enforcement of the open meeting law – the Brown Act, and his protocols for referring allegations of law enforcement criminality directly to the D.A.’s new Justice System Integrity Division.

The Justice System Integrity Division, which Cooley created, has also filed an unprecedented 24 cases against corrupt attorneys and achieved a 100 percent conviction rate.

Cooley’s emphasis on the prosecution of unsolved “cold cases” has resulted in head-line making courtroom victories, most notably the conviction of a man for the killing of two El Segundo police officers 47 years ago.

The 2001 conviction of Symbionese Liberation Army “soldier” Kathleen Soliah (Sara Jane Olson) for the attempted bombings in 1975 of LAPD police cars is another example of Cooley’s tenacity. The L.A. conviction led to the conviction of Soliah and other SLA members in Sacramento for a murder that took place during a bank robbery, also in 1975.


53 posted on 09/02/2007 12:14:28 PM PDT by Newfy
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To: Newfy

He sounds good on paper, at least.


56 posted on 09/02/2007 12:16:57 PM PDT by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Newfy
Good news is that in Kalifornia you do not need a Grand Jury indictment to prosecute perjury.
76 posted on 09/02/2007 12:39:48 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Republican DOES NOT equal Conservative!)
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To: Newfy

“The Justice System Integrity Division, which Cooley created, has also filed an unprecedented 24 cases against corrupt attorneys and achieved a 100 percent conviction rate.”

Thanks for this Newfy. The best 25 words I have read in a long, long time and would like to see repeated. By the way, does this DA Cooley guy hire out to other judicial districts?
Many of us here in Hawaii would pay extra or whatever it took to get this kind of result. I imagine there are other places who would get in on the bidding for this guy’s services as well.

Mahalo


120 posted on 09/02/2007 3:57:33 PM PDT by Islander2
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