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Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 07:43 PM Mar 2012

Florida Governor Appoints new Prosecutor in Investigation in Killing of Unarmed Teen

Source: Associated Press

@AP: BREAKING: Florida governor appoints new prosecutor in investigation into the killing of unarmed black teenager.

Florida governor appoints new prosecutor in investigation into killing of unarmed black teen

By: The Associated Press
03/22/2012 6:43 PM
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida's governor has appointed a new prosecutor to oversee the investigation into last month's shooting death of an unarmed black teenager.

Gov. Rick Scott late Thursday appointed Angela B. Corey to oversee the investigation into the death of Trayvon Martin.

She is the prosecutor for the Jacksonville area. Scott said this came after the local prosecutor for the central Florida county where the shooting happened, Norman Wolfinger, volunteered to recuse himself.

Martin's parents have complained that the 28-year-old shooter, George Zimmerman, has not been charged after he claimed self-defence.

Read more: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/florida-governor-appoints-new-prosecutor-in-investigation-into-killing-of-unarmed-black-teen-143901936.html?device=mobile

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Florida Governor Appoints new Prosecutor in Investigation in Killing of Unarmed Teen (Original Post) Hissyspit Mar 2012 OP
Not optimistic about a Rick Scott appt. nt geek tragedy Mar 2012 #1
What's the prosecutor's connection with the NRA? nt onehandle Mar 2012 #2
One who is less likely to prosecute? RandySF Mar 2012 #3
Bad polls CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #4
She has an interesting Bio. Republican (natch) Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #5
She'll probably try the victim posthumously for WWB. kestrel91316 Mar 2012 #8
I hear ya. Not feeling good on this given that the actual request Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #9
Angela B. Corey--she is not lacking in experience. MADem Mar 2012 #6
Good bio... jaysunb Mar 2012 #7
The state IS getting brutally excoriated. MADem Mar 2012 #12
Y'think thats going to happen? Iliyah Mar 2012 #10
Anyone Rick Scott appoints will be HIS lackey HockeyMom Mar 2012 #11
Amen to that, however peace frog Mar 2012 #13

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)
9. I hear ya. Not feeling good on this given that the actual request
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 08:49 PM
Mar 2012

from the City Manager was for an "independent prosecutor". A lifelong political R-hack from one of the most redneck areas of the state (I have family there - trust me on Duval/Clay County) isn't my idea of "Independent".

MADem

(135,425 posts)
6. Angela B. Corey--she is not lacking in experience.
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 07:56 PM
Mar 2012

Angela B. Corey (born October 31, 1954) is an American lawyer currently serving as the State Attorney in Florida's Fourth Judicial Circuit Court, which includes Duval, Nassau and Clay counties. The first woman to hold the position, she was elected in 2008.[1]

She was hired by Ed Austin in 1981 during his tenure as State Attorney from 1975-1991, and remained an Assistant State Attorney after Harry Shorstein was appointed by Governor Lawton Chiles in 1991.[3] During her 26 years as a prosecutor, she tried several hundred cases, which included 54 homicides.[4]
In 1996, her primary responsibility became homicide prosecutions, but she also supervised lawyers in the Felony division. Shorstein changed Corey's work assignment in 2005 from director of the Gun Crime Unit to director of the County Court, which handles misdemeanors. In that position, she trained newly hired lawyers to be prosecutors. She previously served as Juvenile division supervisor.[4]

...Corey made the decision to run for the office of State Attorney in 2006. After her candidacy became known, her working relationship with Shorstein became difficult. He terminated her employment in November 2006.[4] Afterwards, she was hired by John Tanner, State Attorney for the Seventh Judicial Circuit, to perform the same job functions she did in Jacksonville, working homicide cases in St. Johns County.[2][5]


Much more at the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Corey

jaysunb

(11,856 posts)
7. Good bio...
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 08:40 PM
Mar 2012

and I'll bet Zimmerman is arrested in the first week of her tenure. She knows the game and has been handed her instructions by the Gov. : Throw that asshole under the bus and stop the bad pr for the state, it's legislature and assbackward laws.

Bet on it.

btw, she'll only arrest Zimmerman if she can find him.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
12. The state IS getting brutally excoriated.
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 10:50 PM
Mar 2012

I wouldn't be surprised if that's how it shakes out.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
10. Y'think thats going to happen?
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 08:54 PM
Mar 2012

She one of theirs, and the GOP doesn't want to foggy up this election year so I guess you might be right. The higher ups from the GOP party has instructed their minions to sorta lay off the "war on women", sooooooooooo, Zimmerman and the police department will probably do down hard.

I don't think they are going to revise that horrible law tho.

 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
11. Anyone Rick Scott appoints will be HIS lackey
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 09:35 PM
Mar 2012

If you live in Florida, you will know how CORRUPT he is. The only hope is somehow if the FEDS get involved.

peace frog

(5,609 posts)
13. Amen to that, however
Fri Mar 23, 2012, 09:46 AM
Mar 2012

imo the feds will hold off doing anything other than collect data and observe as this case winds its way through the Florida legal system.

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