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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.
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A spokesman for the district attorney’s office did not immediately respond to an inquiry about the policy shift on Thursday.
County district attorney’s office investigators outside her apartment with a search warrant as part of Operation Dirty Pond.
The district attorney said the students would face misdemeanour charges of unlawful imprisonment and would be released to the custody of their parents if they turned themselves in voluntarily.
A district attorney’s spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
Last year, a cold case unit review board composed of homicide detectives, crime analysts, prosecutors and district attorney investigators reopened the case.
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