BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CN) — Just days after taking a leave of absence to fight cancer, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson died Sunday at a New York hospital. Thompson, 50, had been the borough's first ...

Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson, a civil rights leader who led the charge in overturning wrongful convictions in the borough, died Sunday, his family said. He was 50 years old. On Tuesday, ...

I’ll never forget the first time I met Ken Thompson. It was in the conference room of Ken’s law office near Union Square in the spring of 2013, after he had decided to take on a beast of a challenge: ...

Ken Thompson, Brooklyn's new district attorney, is making some drastic changes. Suggested Reading Chicago’s Mayor Claps Back at Trump Deeming the City the Next ICE Target Black Folks Have a Strong ...

Hundreds attended the service at the Christian Culture Center in Brooklyn. Many mourners say they waited more than an hour to get inside the center to pay their respects. Thompson died of cancer ...

Mr. Hynes took the office after prosecuting the Howard Beach case and won convictions against corrupt officials, but controversy dogged his final years on the job. By Joseph P. Fried The police ...

The most intriguing and consequential primary in New York City this year will be the Democratic race for district attorney in Brooklyn. This primary will almost inevitably become a referendum on the ...

The race for Brooklyn District Attorney is becoming a bit of a slugfest. First, there was word that longtime Democratic incumbent Charles Hynes’ office was getting a reality show right in the middle ...

A Brooklyn man has been named the first Latino to be chief assistant to Brooklyn's district attorney. District Attorney Ken Thompson officially named Eric Gonzalez his chief assistant at a Hispanic ...