Presumed Innocent, published in 1987, is Scott Turow's first novel, which tells the story of a prosecutor charged with the murder of his colleague, an attractive and intelligent prosecutor, Carolyn Polhemus.

Mr. Florio proposes creating the new position of environmental prosecutor, charged with pursuing polluters and enforcing existing regulations.

No sooner had a United States magistrate denied Mexico's request for the extradition of a former prosecutor charged with covering up the investigation of an assassination than the authorities rushed to announce new charges against the suspect.

Presumed Innocent is a 1990 film adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name by Scott Turow, which tells the story of a prosecutor charged with the murder of his female colleague and mistress.

After the Iran-contra affair erupted, John M. Poindexter, the national security adviser, methodically deleted from White House computer files all messages he wrote or received, prosecutors charged in an indictment made public today.

Civilian prosecutors charged with finding the facts have no authority to force testimony from Russian military officers and soldiers who may have witnessed the killings.

In 2009 the Dutch justice ministry announced the appointment of a special public prosecutor charged with closing down prostitution windows and coffee shops connected to organized crime syndicates.

Confidante Goes on Trial In 1998, federal prosecutors charged West New York's police chief and a dozen officers with shaking down gamblers and other criminals for protection money.

A Westchester County man illegally infiltrated an internal computer at Verizon more than 100 times this year, forcing the telecommunications company to spend at least $120,000 to retool its security system, prosecutors charged in a federal indictment yesterday.

Ihab Ali's "pilot training and international travels concerned efforts to assist in Al Qaeda's terrorist activities," federal prosecutors charged in an indictment last year.