As a senior AUSA in San Jose in 2013, I was in court when a rookie prosecutor was about to give away a “minor” theft case. I glanced at the file and learned that the victim, Jennifer Jergens, was the wife of a seriously wounded soldier who was a patient at the VA. She had …
On Behalf of the United States Podcast This is a DOJ podcast program where nationally recognized top level prosecutors are interviewed. Peter Ko was the only person we, the Hiring Committee, ever hired straight out of law school. I was actually in the minority and preferred hires with former prosecutorial experience, like DA’s. Boy …
Tragedy Given New Life By Hollywood Fast forward 20 years to September 22, 1997. Ray’s son, Glenn who has never gotten over his father’s murder on the eve of Christmas, or celebrated the holiday since, is now living in Orlando, Florida. I’m a now federal prosecutor in Las Vegas, which is three hours behind Florida …
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The Party On December 20, 1977, my wife and I were hosting a small gathering at our apartment in Albany, NY, before heading him to Long Island for Christmas. I made sure to invite a law school classmate (who was Jewish) who had taken great offense at remarks I’d made about Bob Dylan’s politics, …
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Problem Identified – Solution Sought – Situation Not Hopeless! Way back when – in late 1997 – Las Vegas Metro officers approached me about violent criminals, and particularly gun crime. They were entirely dissatisfied with the handling of these cases by the Clark County District Attorney’s Office. When I’d arrived in Vegas in 1990 there …
It’s been quite a while since I posted. Frankly, I didn’t get the feedback or support I’d hoped for. Moreover, the national stories were becoming redundant: the open southern border, the surge in violence, our sudden shortage of petroleum products (gasoline). So redundant, and so maddeningly obvious in their solutions, that I felt I was …