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  Category: Department of Justice


Attorney General Will Not Appeal To U.S. Supreme Court On Death Penalty

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, August 15, 2016

Delaware DOJ Will Argue State Court Decision Is Not Retroactive. After carefully reviewing the Delaware Supreme Court’s opinion regarding the constitutionality of Delaware’s current death penalty statute, the Attorney General has decided not to appeal the decision to the United States Supreme Court. He has concluded that even if the United States Supreme Court reversed […]




Operation “In The House” Defendant Sentenced to Prison for Home Invasion And Robbery Charges

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 12, 2016

Others face prison time for drug and weapons charges A 31-year-old Wilmington woman will spend 15 years in prison for her part in a home invasion robbery that led to the shooting death of two Millsboro men. Rachel Rentoul pled guilty to Home Invasion, Robbery First Degree, and Conspiracy Second Degree in Sussex County Superior […]




Delaware Participates In $100 Million Settlement with Barclays for Manipulating LIBOR

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, August 8, 2016

Manipulation of benchmark interest rate hurt government and not-for-profit organizations in Delaware and across the country when they invested   Delaware and other states announced a $100 million settlement with Barclays Bank PLC and Barclays Capital Inc. for fraudulent and anticompetitive conduct involving the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). This is a […]




Prosecutors Secure Sentence For Theft From Vulnerable Family Members

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 5, 2016

Other defendants face probation and convictions for financial exploitation and armed robbery Attorneys with the Delaware Department of Justice recently obtained several criminal convictions and sentences: Alethea Davis-Moses, 46, of Chester, Pennsylvania pled guilty to Financial Exploitation of a Patient in a case handled by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Barchi and Special Investigator Joe Trala. […]




Drug Company To Pay Consumers And State For Precluding Competition

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, August 4, 2016

Anticompetitive Conduct Delayed Generic Competition, Causing Consumers And The State To Pay More For Provigil A settlement between Delaware, 47 other states, the District of Columbia and the drug company Cephalon could result in up to $250,000 to be paid to Delaware consumers to resolve claims the company delayed generic versions of Provigil from entering […]







  Category: Department of Justice

Attorney General Will Not Appeal To U.S. Supreme Court On Death Penalty

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, August 15, 2016

Delaware DOJ Will Argue State Court Decision Is Not Retroactive. After carefully reviewing the Delaware Supreme Court’s opinion regarding the constitutionality of Delaware’s current death penalty statute, the Attorney General has decided not to appeal the decision to the United States Supreme Court. He has concluded that even if the United States Supreme Court reversed […]




Operation “In The House” Defendant Sentenced to Prison for Home Invasion And Robbery Charges

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 12, 2016

Others face prison time for drug and weapons charges A 31-year-old Wilmington woman will spend 15 years in prison for her part in a home invasion robbery that led to the shooting death of two Millsboro men. Rachel Rentoul pled guilty to Home Invasion, Robbery First Degree, and Conspiracy Second Degree in Sussex County Superior […]




Delaware Participates In $100 Million Settlement with Barclays for Manipulating LIBOR

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Monday, August 8, 2016

Manipulation of benchmark interest rate hurt government and not-for-profit organizations in Delaware and across the country when they invested   Delaware and other states announced a $100 million settlement with Barclays Bank PLC and Barclays Capital Inc. for fraudulent and anticompetitive conduct involving the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). This is a […]




Prosecutors Secure Sentence For Theft From Vulnerable Family Members

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, August 5, 2016

Other defendants face probation and convictions for financial exploitation and armed robbery Attorneys with the Delaware Department of Justice recently obtained several criminal convictions and sentences: Alethea Davis-Moses, 46, of Chester, Pennsylvania pled guilty to Financial Exploitation of a Patient in a case handled by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Barchi and Special Investigator Joe Trala. […]




Drug Company To Pay Consumers And State For Precluding Competition

Consumer Protection | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, August 4, 2016

Anticompetitive Conduct Delayed Generic Competition, Causing Consumers And The State To Pay More For Provigil A settlement between Delaware, 47 other states, the District of Columbia and the drug company Cephalon could result in up to $250,000 to be paid to Delaware consumers to resolve claims the company delayed generic versions of Provigil from entering […]