Colm F. Connolly is a former United States Attorney

United States Attorney

United States Attorneys represent the United States federal government in United States district court and United States court of appeals. There are 93 U.S. Attorneys stationed throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands...

 for the district of Delaware. He is best known for his prosecution of Thomas J. Capano

Thomas J. Capano

Thomas J. Capano was a disbarred American lawyer and former Delaware deputy attorney general, who was convicted of the 1996 murder of Anne Marie Fahey, his former lover.-Background:...

 for capital murder. Connolly would later make a cameo appearance in the made for television movie based on the murder, And Never Let Her Go directed by Peter Levin

Peter Levin

-Career:Since 1967, Levin has amassed a large number of credits directing episodic television and television films. Some of his television series credits include Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, James at 15, The Paper Chase, Family, Starsky & Hutch, Lou Grant, Fame, Cagney & Lacey, Law & Order and...

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On February 26, 2008, Connolly was nominated by George W. Bush

George W. Bush

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 for the United States District Court for the District of Delaware

United States District Court for the District of Delaware

The United States District Court for the District of Delaware is the Federal district court having jurisdiction over the entire state of Delaware. The Court sits in Wilmington...

 seat vacated by Kent A. Jordan

Kent A. Jordan

Kent Amos Jordan is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was previously a federal district judge on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware....

 in 2006. Connolly's appointment to the federal bench expired after he failed to receive Senate confirmation.

Connolly was succeeded by Charles M. Oberly, III

Charles M. Oberly, III

Charles Monroe Oberly, III is an attorney in Delaware. He currently serves as United States Attorney for the District of Delaware and served as Attorney General of Delaware from 1983 to 1995.-Early life and education:...

, with David C. Weiss serving as acting United States Attorney in the interim.