{"id":79431,"date":"2026-10-01T20:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/letitia-james-appointed-special-prosecutor-in-alleged-gang-rape-at-cornell\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T20:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:55:07","slug":"letitia-james-appointed-special-prosecutor-in-alleged-gang-rape-at-cornell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/letitia-james-appointed-special-prosecutor-in-alleged-gang-rape-at-cornell\/","title":{"rendered":"Letitia James appointed special prosecutor in alleged gang-rape at Cornell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York attorney general brought in by governor after recent questions raised over university\u2019s 2024 investigation<\/p>\n<p>Kathy Hochul, the New York governor, said on Thursday she is appointing Letitia James, the state\u2019s attorney general, as special prosecutor to investigate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/sep\/28\/cornell-fraternity-investigation-alleged-gang-rape\">alleged gang-rape<\/a> at Cornell University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe young woman at the center of this case deserves to know that every fact will be examined and justice pursued,\u201d Hochul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/statement-governor-hochul-cornell-university-sexual-assault-case-0\">said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cThis action will ensure that the matter is fully and thoroughly investigated without conflict or bias, and handled independently with the rigor that this matter demands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/oct\/01\/letitia-james-cornell-gang-rape\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York attorney general brought in by governor after recent questions raised over university\u2019s 2024 investigation Kathy Hochul, the New York governor, said on Thursday she is appointing Letitia James, the state\u2019s attorney general, as special prosecutor to investigate the alleged gang-rape at Cornell University. \u201cThe young woman at the center of this case deserves &#8230; <a title=\"Letitia James appointed special prosecutor in alleged gang-rape at Cornell\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/letitia-james-appointed-special-prosecutor-in-alleged-gang-rape-at-cornell\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Letitia James appointed special prosecutor in alleged gang-rape at Cornell\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}