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Re:Prosecutor as bully by agwa on Saturday January 12, 2013 @01:57PM (#5048522)
> it's a systemic problem with elected officials

Federal prosecutors are appointed, not elected, which makes the effort to name and shame them even more tenuous. Trying to fight the culture of overzealous prosecution as a whole would make it more likely that the elected official who appoints them (the president) does a better job.

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Re:Prosecutor as bully by jdminhbg on Saturday January 12, 2013 @02:00PM (#5048528)
You're correct; I misread the article as her being an elected Attorney General, not a US attorney.

I still support undermining any effort of hers to get elected to higher office, though.

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Re:Prosecutor as bully by pekk on Saturday January 12, 2013 @05:07PM (#5049087)
How do you 'fight the culture of overzealous prosecution as a whole' without ever making reference to individuals or individual cases? You can't.
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Re:Prosecutor as bully by danso on Saturday January 12, 2013 @02:01PM (#5048532)
She was considered someone in the running for Mass. governor and may continue a political career later in life.
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