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DAs Not Happy About AG’s Role on Killings

By MARK TOOR
Posted 7/20/15

One day after an association of District Attorneys said Governor Cuomo’s designation of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as special prosecutor in some police-shooting cases “will harm the cause of justice,” Mr. Schneiderman sent out a directive answering jurisdictional questions raised by the DAs.

Mr. Cuomo issued an executive order July 8 allowing Mr. Schneiderman to take charge of cases where police kill a suspect who was or might have been unarmed. The decision followed the failure of the Governor and the State Legislature to agree on changes to the grand-jury system in such cases.

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