DA'S OFFICE DECIDES NOT TO CHARGE ZEANAH.Byline: Enrique Rivero Daily News Staff Writer Prosecutors have declined to file a misdemeanor misdemeanor, in law, a minor crime, in contrast to a felony. At common law a misdemeanor was a crime other than treason or a felony. Although it might be a grave offense, it did not affect the feudal bond or take away the offender's property. By the 19th cent. battery charge against Councilwoman Elois Zeanah, saying they couldn't verify (1) To prove the correctness of data. (2) In data entry operations, to compare the keystrokes of a second operator with the data entered by the first operator to ensure that the data were typed in accurately. See validate. a petition gatherer's allegations that she battered bat·ter 1 v. bat·tered, bat·ter·ing, bat·ters v.tr. 1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows. 2. To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse. 3. him in an altercation. Jerry Jones For other persons named Jerry Jones, see Jerry Jones (disambiguation). Jerrel Wayne "Jerry" Jones (Born on October 13, 1942) is the owner of the Dallas Cowboys NFL franchise and the Dallas Desperados AFL franchise. Jones was born in Los Angeles, California. , who works for Progressive Campaigns, had claimed that Zeanah hurt his wrist May 3 while he tried to collect signatures on petitions demanding her recall. But conflicting witness statements made the claim impossible to verify, said Ventura County Deputy District Attorney John Cardoza. ``I think even without the witness statements, which were indeed conflicting, the nature of the complaint is one which, in most cases, is not going to be appropriate for a criminal prosecution before a jury of 12 people,'' Cardoza said. Zeanah said she was delighted with the prosecutors' decision. ``There was certainly no merit in it - it was a trumped-up charge,'' she said. ``I didn't expect the district attorney to take any action, but I'm delighted to hear confirmation of that.'' Jones, 31, said he was outraged by the decision, claiming Zeanah got off the hook by manipulating a witness into verifying her version of events. ``The way she's lied and manipulated to get this to happen, she might be president some day,'' said Jones of Van Nuys. ``It's always the small guy in the end that loses. It's just an outrage OUTRAGE. A grave injury; a serious wrong. This is a generic word which is applied to everything, which is injurious, in great degree, to the honor or rights of another. .'' |
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