Uncover the Secrets of Justice
Explore captivating stories from the courtroom and beyond.
Uncover the Secrets of Justice
Explore captivating stories from the courtroom and beyond.
Discover Prosecutors Tales
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Dive into strange and even humorous stories from the courtroom to homicide investigations. Each tale reveals the challenges and triumphs faced by prosecutors in their pursuit of justice in 1970s New York.
EXCERPT
As we sped along during what was to be my last night “riding homicide” I began to think about why I found myself in the back of a patrol car at two in the morning. Here I was, a young lawyer, a little less than two years out of law school heading to the location of the third murder I had to be involved in investigating in less than twenty-four hours.
My job title was Assistant D.A. in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office. After a little more than a year in the office, I had been assigned to the Homicide Investigations Bureau. Supposedly, it was a “prime” position in the office but, at two in the morning in the back of a police car with rain spattering the windows, it didn’t feel like a particularly prime position to be in.
Part of my job was going to the scenes of homicides, taking statements from any witnesses the police had located and meeting with the police to work with them in commencing the investigation into the homicide. This meant working with the specialized squad of detectives assigned to homicide investigations