Category: Alvin Bragg

Calls Grow to Drop Murder Charge for NYC Bodega Worker in Self-Defense Stabbing

July 12, 2022
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Calls are growing across New York City to drop the charge of murder against a Manhattan bodega worker for killing an assailant who was attacking him inside his store on July 1. Store video shows that Jose Alba was at work in a modest bodega in Upper Manhattan when Austin Smith came behind the counter…

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2 NY Prosecutors Abruptly Resign From Investigating Trump Organization

February 24, 2022
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The two prosecutors leading the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal inquiry into the Trump Organization abruptly resigned on Wednesday. The resignations of prosecutors Carey Dunne and Mark Pomerantz were confirmed by a spokesperson for District Attorney Alvin Bragg. “We are grateful for their service,” said spokesperson Danielle Filson, without elaborating. Filson declined to comment further, saying the…

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New Manhattan DA to Stop Pursuing Prison Sentences for Certain Crimes

January 5, 2022
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New Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has ordered prosecutors to stop pursuing prison sentences for many criminal cases, in a shake up of how his office will address some crimes, with just days on the job. Bragg’s office will “not seek a carceral sentence” except in cases of homicide, domestic violence felonies, public corruption, and…

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