Altmire, who lost a primary battle to colleague Rep. Mark Critz after redistricting landed the pair in the same district, told O'Brien that he voted in favor of contempt because it was consistent with his vote to hold Bush administration White House Counsel Harriet Miers in contempt in 2008.

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Garcetti's mother is Jewish, and his father, Gil, the former district attorney whose office lost in the O.

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Prosecutors have determined the evidence underpinning Ranta's conviction "has been degraded to such an extent" that it would no longer support the verdict, said John O'Mara, the deputy district attorney in charge of Brooklyn's conviction integrity unit.

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District Court Judge Tom O'Donnell noted in his judgement that Limerick publicans only made the application as a last resort.

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