Lawyers who straddle both the public and private sectors must now decide whether to remain in their current prosecutor positions, which range in salary from $2,400 to $40,000 a year, or to stick with a more lucrative private practice.
Let's start urging our leaders to enact legislation requiring candidates for state prosecutor positions to make full disclosures.
But the soft-on-crime smear is still a staple in election campaigns for judgeships and prosecutor positions, and many members of Congress remain wary of the subject.
This past Tuesday, the Women Donors Network released a shocking report on the number of women and people of color who serve in elected prosecutor positions across the country.
Terry Lynn Harman, assistant district attorney, said that the judge agreed with the prosecutors' position throughout the process – that Ramirez should receive a state prison sentence.
That investigation was used by Mr. Yeltsin's opponents to challenge his authority in the upper house, which under the Russian Constitution must approve any changes in the office of the general prosecutor, a position similar to that of the United States attorney general.
In his statement after the sentencing, Mr. Catterson said he "was saddened the court disregarded the prosecutor's position," adding that "animal cruelty has no place in our society".
The prosecutor's position is a bit different.
Swedish legal opinion at a senior level has swung against the prosecutor's position.
A hiring freeze imposed by City Hall has left the prosecutor's position unfilled, though the board's chairman, Daniel D. Chu, is fighting for money.
