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| | BBC NEWS | UK | Justice New York city style |
 | | Contrast this with America, where every single county in the country has a district attorney with a large staff who champions the public interest in the most high-profile and imaginative way they can. |
 | | In the mid 1990s, Michael Howard clashed with the then shadow Home Secretary, Jack Straw, over who was most keen on the so-called broken windows or zero-tolerance strategy, the policy which has been credited with rescuing New York from its oppressive 1980s crime wave. |
 | | New York's two most high-profile DAs are Robert Morgenthau, who represents the interests of Manhattan, and Charles Hynes, who represents Kings County, which in practical terms means the vast borough of Brooklyn. |
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