In a sign of the case's significance, Mr. Morgenthau assigned it to one of his senior prosecutors, Joel Seidemann, who has a reputation as one of the most forceful and effective prosecutors in the office.
Closing the government's tax-fraud case in frank and forceful language, a federal prosecutor accused Albert J. Pirro Jr. today of arrogantly cheating on his taxes so he could "spend like a Rockefeller with a subsidy from the taxpayers".
Mr. Keahon, 65, a former prosecutor, has been a forceful, unpredictable litigator.
As the row deepened on Tuesday, the office of the prosecutor general issued a forceful criticism of Bolsonaro's move.
The other prosecutor, Kaylynn Williford, was more forceful, asking jurors to remember the brutality of the killings and saying the crime met the standard for a death sentence.
Baltimore police officer William Porter could have prevented the death of Freddie Gray in police custody with a few simple steps but failed to do so, prosecutors argued in a forceful closing argument Monday.
A former federal prosecutor, his legislative style is forceful and emotional, and his relentless and high-pitched grilling of witnesses from the Obama administration on issues like the Benghazi terrorist attack and the misuse of funds by government workers on junkets are YouTube fodder.
But the revelations in The New York Times that Wal-Mart Stores squelched an investigation into bribery at its Mexican subsidiary may impel prosecutors to be even more forceful in applying the law and put legislative efforts to change it on the back burner.
Prosecutors are expected to make a forceful argument that if Mr. Mohamed were spared execution, he would pose a continuing threat to prison guards, even if he is held under highly restrictive conditions.
He climbed in the polls after the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., delivering a forceful national security message anchored in his experience as a federal prosecutor in New Jersey.
