Have you noticed that people are more impatient today than before? Or is this just my perception? I know we’re in the midst of a recession. Some economists are admitting it’s a deep recession. And, as I’ve written before, I ...

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Recent embarrassments in certain federal cases have prompted the new attorney general to order retraining for prosecutors. I propose this as the first lesson: Don’t break the law. You would think that little reminder unnecessary. But the handling of the ...

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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, days after dropping a political corruption case that helped drive Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens from office, said he expects prosecutors to put fairness ahead of winning and hinted at a further Justice Department shake-up.  “Their ...

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 Attorney General Eric Holder replaced the head of the Justice Department’s professional ethics office after a U.S. judge blasted the department for “shocking” conduct in prosecuting former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens. H. Marshall Jarrett, who has led the department’s Office ...

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A U.S. judge set aside the political corruption verdict that probably cost ex-Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens re-election and ordered an investigation into whether prosecutors' "shocking" conduct was criminal. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan said he had a duty to determine the "potential for obstruction of justice" by six federal prosecutors. The Justice Department abandoned the case after Attorney General Eric Holder discovered the prosecutors had withheld evidence that would have helped Stevens contest the charges he omitted $250,000 worth of gifts on his financial disclosure reports.

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