attorney general

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The attorney general is to review the youth rehabilitation order sentences given by the judge, who had said last week he wanted to avoid "criminalising" the "very young" boys.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Becerra said he continually took on oil companies when he served as California’s attorney general.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

What is also notable is that it is signed by Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

“It was a contingency plan,” Skrmetti, the Tennessee attorney general, said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Hodges’ chief political foe at this time was an outspoken segregationist named I. Beverly Lake, an assistant state attorney general, who, it was rumored, planned to oppose Hodges in the 1956 gubernatorial race.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson