Background
Capers was born in 1971 in the Bronx. His father was a detective for, and his brother is now retired from, the New York Police Department.
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Education
New York University; Albany Law School.
Career
He is a senior prosecutor in the district’s public integrity unit where he prosecutes public corruption cases. He received his Bachelor from New York University in 1992, where he was co-captain of the basketball team In 1996 he earned his Juris Doctor from Albany Law School.
Before becoming a federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of New York in 2003, Capers was the Chief of the Narcotics Section of the International Narcotics Strike Force.
He was a prosecutor for the Manhattan district attorney’s office, and then was the Deputy Chief of the Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section, and Acting Deputy Chief of the General Crimes Section. He was also an Assistant United States Attorney.
He worked for the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for New York City, and was an Assistant District Attorney at the New York County District Attorney’ General’ s Office. Mr. Capers prosecutes public corruption cases in his role as federal prosecutor in Brooklyn.
In May, 2015, Senator Chuck Schumer announced his support for Capers to be the next United States attorney for the Eastern District, taking over for Loretta Lynch, who became the United States attorney general in April 2015.
In October 2015, President Barack Obama nominated Capers for the job Senator Schumer had recommended him for in May. He was confirmed to the position on December 15, 2015. He took the oath of office on January 4, 2016.
Capers was involved in the high-profile case of State Assemblyman William F. Boyland, who was sentenced in September, 2015 for corruption.
The Brooklyn state senator was given 14 years in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for government help on development projects in New New York Boyland had previously been acquitted in Manhattan federal court on similar charges.
Capers lives in New Jersey.
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Democratic