Ethics

June 3 Election Results
Cooley wins third term as L.A. Dist. Atty. Incumbent Steve Cooley won a third term as Los Angeles County District Attorney. Cooley took 64% of the vote. Albert Robles took 20% of the vote and Steve Ipsen got 15%...

Mr. Cooley: It's time to let this woman go
Twenty-five years after a Los Angeles prosecutor admitted that the key witness against her was a liar, and three years after L.A. County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley agreed to a deal that would have led to her release, Deborah Peagler...

Death Penalty in the Political Mix in Debates
The issue is front and center in the California attorney general's race and the Connecticut governor's election. The Fresno Bee reports, "Attorney general candidates Cooley, Harris face off in only debate," written by Jim Sanders...

D.A. in Mel Gibson Case -- No Decision Yet
The L.A. County District Attorney says he still hasn't decided whether to file domestic battery charges against Mel Gibson . D.A. Steve Cooley says the case is "actively under review...

Cooley Law School Opening New Campus In Tampa Bay, Florida
We have posted great, good and bad things about Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Click here to see our general discussion of the law school. We've talked about Cooley in terms of the meaningless of the U...

D.A. Gets Financial Help From Oksana's Lawyer
L.A. County District Attorney Steve Cooley -- whose office will soon decide the fate of Oksana Grigorieva and Mel Gibson -- attended 2 fundraisers on his own behalf at the home of the lawyer who negotiated Oksana's $15 million settlement ...

Cell Phone Use
Can Increase Risk of Brain Cancer 5 Times

Negligent Death
Family of New York Times reporter awarded undisclosed settlement for medical malpractice.