Re:U.S. Senator Questions Attorney General about Aaron Swartz
by newbie12 on Saturday January 19, 2013 @02:40PM
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You weren't paying attention. Cornyn was a judicial system reformer in Texas as both a judge and as AG. Open government and fighting good ol' boy corruption were his beat.
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Re:U.S. Senator Questions Attorney General about Aaron Swartz
by _delirium on Saturday January 19, 2013 @03:01PM
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By judicial system reform, I mean reducing the US's fetish for throwing too many people in jail for too-long sentences, which is what's relevant to the present case. I don't see any evidence that Cornyn did anything to reduce Texas prison populations or direct his office to stop intimidating defendants into accepting plea-bargains, or to stop seeking excessive sentences.