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"Assistant public defender charged in attack on prosecutor"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this local story from Chicago.  And though violent crime should never be taken lightly, this story seems to be amusing to some because of the participants: A Cook County assistant public defender who represents convicted felons now has to worry about keeping himself out of jail after being accused of pushing and choking a prosecutor at the Criminal Courts Building. Henry L. Hams, 47, of Chicago was charged late Thursday afternoon with aggravated battery and resisting arrest after a rare scuffle that sent waves of whispers and startled reactions through the building at 26th Street and California Avenue. Hams and the prosecutor, 50, had just left a courtroom where a discussion about the routine setting of a future court date became contentious...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 04, 2010 (boomark / email).