New York's Governor Pulls a Cornell Rape Investigation From Local Prosecutors

New York's governor said she had lost faith in the prosecutors overseeing a rape investigation involving Cornell and handed the case to state Attorney General Letitia James, the BBC reports. The stated reason is the story: the governor is not alleging new facts about the case so much as declaring that she no longer trusts the office handling it, a rare step that moves the investigation to a different set of lawyers.