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It’s great that a candidate to succeed @ManhattanDA honors the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire in 1911, but it’s odd that she didn’t mention the miscarriage of justice in the manslaughter trial of the owners, who were acquitted ...
... based on the ludicrous proposition that they didn’t know that the doors had been ordered locked during business hours. It’s not just about solidarity with labor unions, as @elizaorlins implies - it’s also about effective criminal prosecutions that hold wrongdoers responsible.
I remain skeptical that someone who has never prosecuted a case can do this extremely difficult job. It’s not primarily a policy job; you have to know how to handle cases. Here’s my op-ed on the topic last year during the Queens #DistrictAttorney race. queenseagle.com/all/daniel-alo…
An important note to this story is that if there are indictments, a new #DistrictAttorney may well try them. DA Vance has not yet said whether he's running, but here are the declared candidates to succeed him, by general description (not full resumes). /1
nytimes.com/2020/08/03/nyr…
nytimes.com/2020/08/03/nyr…
-a career public defender
-a member of the NYS Assembly who handles personal injury cases for insurance companies
-a small-firm litigator admitted to the Bar for 10 years
-an ACLU lawyer since 2018, with 10 previous jobs in 9 years before
None was ever a prosecutor. /2
-a member of the NYS Assembly who handles personal injury cases for insurance companies
-a small-firm litigator admitted to the Bar for 10 years
-an ACLU lawyer since 2018, with 10 previous jobs in 9 years before
None was ever a prosecutor. /2
Also, the following 3 (by general description) have declared and were prosecutors:
-a former SDNY AUSA who also served as Chief Deputy AG in NYS
-a former EDNY AUSA who worked for AG Holder & was General Counsel at Brooklyn DA
-a former career Manhattan ADA whom DA Vance...
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-a former SDNY AUSA who also served as Chief Deputy AG in NYS
-a former EDNY AUSA who worked for AG Holder & was General Counsel at Brooklyn DA
-a former career Manhattan ADA whom DA Vance...
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DA @DaveHoovler's statement is extraordinary from a #DistrictAttorney:
"Why would anyone say something in this new world of discovery? You would be putting yourself and your family at risk." /1
"Why would anyone say something in this new world of discovery? You would be putting yourself and your family at risk." /1
I expressed similar concerns last year, while the budget bill that this discovery package was tucked into was being pushed through. /2
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"This proposal would upset our carefully crafted rules of grand jury secrecy and our concern for witnesses by allowing defendants to find out — almost immediately — who testified against them." /3
THREAD: Picture perfect article by @samarkhurshid about the very substantial question of whether @cabanforqueens @RoryLancman and @MelindaKatz are qualified to be #QueensDA, having never prosecuted a single case. /1
gothamgazette.com/city/8577-shou… via @GothamGazette
gothamgazette.com/city/8577-shou… via @GothamGazette
.@cabanforqueens is clearly unqualified, having expressed not the slightest interest in reducing violent crime in Queens, and really being much more of an iconoclast looking to blow up the system. /2 
.@MelindaKatz is purely a politician. Her lawyer experience amounts to virtually zero. But probably has the best claim to knowing what constituency wants, being closest to the electorate. Still - never tried a case, nor been a prosecutor, nor been a defense lawyer. Not ideal. /3.
