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Notable US Attorney transitions and the Obama administration

By Douglas A. Berman

Though not a core sentencing issue, who serves as the US Attorney in a federal district certainly can have an impact of a variety of sentencing issues. Thus, I am intrigued to see this news from the WSJ Law Blog that the US Attorneys for New Jersey and for the Southern District of New York are announcing their resignations.  Few should be surprised that a new incoming federal administration is prompting some old US Attorneys to head for the door.  And everyone should get in the game of predicting who might take over these local federal "top cop" spots in the future.  Also, I encourage readers to opine on whether and how any particular US Attorney transition might have a particular impact on particular federal sentencing issues under an Obama Administration...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 17, 2008 (boomark / email).