Hans Thomas Reiser is an American computer programmer,entrepreneur,and convicted murderer. In April 2008,Reiser was convicted of the first-degree murder of his wife,Nina Reiser,who disappeared in September 2006. He subsequently pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree murder,as part of a settlement agreement that included disclosing the location of Nina Reiser's body,which he revealed to be in a shallow grave near the couple's home.
Ronald Dale Earle was an American politician and judge who was,from January 1977 to January 2009,the District Attorney for Travis County,Texas. He became nationally known for filing charges against House majority leader Tom DeLay in September 2005 for conspiring to violate Texas' election law and/or to launder money. In Texas,Earle was known for his criminal justice reform efforts which focused on crime prevention,alternative sentencing,victim advocacy,and the reintegration of former offenders into society. In 1983,Earle –an Eagle Scout –prosecuted himself for an election law violation after missing a campaign finance filing deadline by one day;he was fined $212. Earle was a fixture in Travis County politics and served in public office there for more than 30 years,joking that he was asked if he was the "District Eternity".
Stephen Lawrence Cooley is an American politician and prosecutor. He was the Los Angeles County District Attorney from 2000 to 2012. Cooley was re-elected in 2004 and again in 2008.
Eddie Jack Jordan Jr. is an American attorney who served as the district attorney for Orleans Parish,Louisiana,from 2003 until his resignation in 2007. A member of the Democratic Party,Jordan was the first African American to have held the elected position. He announced his resignation on October 30,2007,when a court rendered a large judgment against his office on behalf of white employees that the D.A. had earlier dismissed on account of their race.
The Alameda County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) is a law enforcement agency serving Alameda County,California. ACSO is accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA),the American Correctional Association (ACA),National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) and the California Medical Association (CMA).
Thomas J. Spota III is a former American attorney and politician,who served as the District Attorney of Suffolk County,New York,serving from 2002 to late 2017,but was disbarred on June 10,2020. Spota resigned November 10,2017,after he was indicted on federal charges of obstruction of justice in the investigation of Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke. Spota was subsequently found guilty and sentenced to five years in federal prison and fined $100,000.
Anthony Joseph Rackauckas Jr. is a former District Attorney of Orange County,California,and a former Superior Court judge.
Chesa Boudin is an American lawyer who served as the 29th District Attorney of San Francisco from January 8,2020,to July 8,2022. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old Black man who was killed in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009 by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland,California. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San Francisco,BART Police officers detained Grant and several other passengers on the platform at the Fruitvale BART Station. BART officer Anthony Pirone kneed Grant in the head and forced Grant to lie face down on the platform. Officer Johannes Mehserle drew his pistol and shot Grant. Grant was rushed to Highland Hospital in Oakland and pronounced dead later that day. The events were captured on bystanders’mobile phones. Owners disseminated their footage to media outlets and to various websites where it went viral. Both protests and riots took place in the following days.
John Leonard Burris is an American civil rights attorney,based in Oakland,California,known for his work in police brutality cases representing plaintiffs. The John Burris law firm practices employment,criminal defense,DUI,personal injury,and landlord tenant law.
Cyrus Roberts Vance Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the District Attorney of New York County,New York. He was previously a principal partner at the law firm of Morvillo,Abramowitz,Grand,Iason,Anello,&Bohrer,P.C. He is the son of Cyrus Vance,former Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter. Vance did not seek reelection as District Attorney in the 2021 election,and was succeeded by Alvin Bragg. He is currently a partner at Baker McKenzie.
M. Gerald Schwartzbach is an American criminal defense attorney.
Carol S. Vance was a former district attorney of Harris County (Houston),Texas,who served in that office from 1966 to 1979,and a former board member of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice,which governs the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Vance was born in 1933.
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors is the five member non-partisan governing board of Alameda County,California. Members of the Board of supervisors are elected from districts,based on their residence.
Jacquelyn Phillips Lacey is an American politician who served as the District Attorney of Los Angeles County from December 3,2012 to December 7,2020. Lacey was the first woman,and first African-American,to serve as LA District Attorney since the office was created in 1850.
Marian T. Ryan is the District Attorney (DA) of Middlesex County,Massachusetts,United States. She was the Commonwealth's only female District Attorney from 2013 to 2018. As of 2012,she is one of two,including Andrea Harrington,Berkshire County DA. She is a Democrat.
Nancy O'Malley is an American attorney who served as the 29th district attorney of Alameda County from 2009 to 2023.
Diana Becton,also known as Diana Becton Smith,is a former trial judge and is currently both the first woman and first African American to be elected district attorney in the history of Contra Costa County in California.
On April 19,2021,Mario Gonzalez,an unarmed 26-year-old Latino man,died while under police custody by the Alameda,California Police Department. In their initial report of the incident,the department reported that Gonzalez died after a "scuffle" and "physical altercation" resulting in a "medical emergency." The Gonzalez family's attorney called the police's descriptions of his death "misinformation."
Pamela Yvette Price is an American attorney and civil rights activist who served as the 30th district attorney of Alameda County from 2023 to 2024. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
