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Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20, 1964) is an American attorney. She is the 32nd and current Attorney General of California following the 2010 California state elections.
Read More at Wikipedia ›A former San Francisco lab technician who acknowledged snorting cocaine from evidence, resulting in the costly dismissal of hundreds of cases, will not be charged with a crime, state prosecutors said Friday.
The attorney general's office notified San Francisco police on Dec. 2 that there was not sufficient evidence to charge Deborah Madden, AG spokesman Jim Finefrock said Friday.Madden, 60, had been accused of stealing small amounts of cocaine from the lab while working there last year.The allegations led to the lab's closure in March and the dismissal of more than 600 drug cases. It also created a nightmare for District Attorney Kamala Harris, who asked the attorney general's office in April to handle any possible prosecution.Madden's attorney, Paul DeMeester, said Friday his client is ecstatic."This lifts quite a burden for her," DeMeester said. "This is very positive news."Public Defender Jeff Adachi said the decision raises concerns about a possible double standard when it comes to ...The attorneys general in California and Nevada are partnering in investigations into the mortgage meltdown that crippled both states.California Attorney General Kama...
A draft settlement between states and mortgage companies that would let the nation's biggest banks pay out billions to compensate for a raft of foreclosures has publ...
California's attorney general filed lawsuits against mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Tuesday, demanding that the companies that own some 60 percent of ...
The maker of a popular line of hair-straightening products has agreed to alert consumers that two of its formulations emit formaldehyde gas, a possible carcinogen, C...
UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu was nominated Tuesday for the California Supreme Court , just two months after criticism by Republicans led him to withdraw his...
California law enforcement agents have seized 1,200 firearms from people who cannot legally own them because of mental illness or restraining orders.However, Attorne...
An Arizona pharmaceuticals tycoon asked California's attorney general to review findings that his girlfriend killed herself by tying her wrists and ankles and hangin...
California has settled a lawsuit filed by a man who was barred from becoming a prison guard because he refused to shave the beard required by his Sikh religion, offi...
California prosecutors sued several lawyers and call center operators for allegedly duping desperate homeowners across the country into paying thousands of dollars t...
The California attorney general denied a wealthy pharmaceutical executive's request to review a finding that his girlfriend killed herself by binding her wrists and ...
California has settled a lawsuit filed by a man who was barred from becoming a prison guard because he refused to shave the beard required by his Sikh religion, offi...
Kamala Harris had an early start punching through barriers.In the swirl of civil rights protests in 1960s-era Berkeley, the daughter of a black father from Jamaica a...
SAN FRANCISCO — The first hint of scandal at the San Francisco crime lab came in December when officials received a tip that a technician might be stealing cocaine u...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The tape recorder started rolling as two police investigators sat in their car in a hospital parking lot with Deborah Madden on Feb. 26. "You're...
California's highest court has cleared the way for a convicted serial killer to be brought to New York to face charges in two 1970s killings.It wasn't clear Thursday...
California's attorney general filed lawsuits against mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Tuesday, demanding that the companies that own some 60 percent of ...
California and New York, the key holdouts in a long-awaited settlement over foreclosure abuses, moved closer Monday to backing a deal that would force the five large...
California's attorney general has recommended the denial of the latest appeal of assassin Sirhan Sirhan, saying Wednesday that the man long-convicted in the murder o...
Arizona, Michigan and Florida, three of the states hit hardest by the housing crisis, will join a nationwide settlement over foreclosure abuses, officials with direc...
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