Ashcroft dictates maxmium punishment for federal crimes and seek death penalty whenever posssible. I am speechless.
"Ashcroft said his intent is to bring greater consistency to criminal prosecutions around the country.
"It's a direction for the way we prosecute criminal behavior at the federal level," Ashcroft said Monday after a speech in Cincinnati. "If you
violate a federal law, punishment will be uniform." "
"The Ashcroft memo said prosecutors will have a "general duty" to pursue the most serious crimes they feel confident of proving in court."
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