John Conte
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"John Joseph Conte" is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts Senate and was the District Attorney for Worcester County, Massachusetts (Middle District), which includes 59 cities and towns in Worcester County and the town of Bellingham in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

Conte was born on May 3, 1930 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross and the New England School of Law.

Conte was a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1963 until he was appointed District Attorney by Governor Michael Dukakis in 1976. He was elected to the first of seven terms in 1978. He announced his retirement in January 2006 and was succeeded by Joseph Early, Jr. on January 3, 2007.

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Our system of justice is not and should not be a system of frontier justice.

We're seeking an indictment for murder.

Whether or not these are violations of policy and whether they cry out for more personnel or not I think are something we're going to have to look into.

The correctional officer on duty came running to the cell, realized that the door was jammed and immediately called on his radio for help.

This is a dastardly crime as far as I'm concerned...It's the type of cruelty we absolutely have to send a message on, ... This is just not acceptable in this jurisdiction.

Absolutely. No question about that ... He looked upon Father Geoghan as a prize.

Has a longstanding phobia, it appears, towards homosexuals of any kind. I'm not a psychologist and I'm not a psychiatrist, but I would say that he's filled with longstanding hate.