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Federal Death Penalty Prosecutions

By Steve Hall

"No Decrease In Death Penalty Approval Rate," is the title of Ari Shapiro's NPR report.  The title refers to capital prosecutions approved by President George W. Bush's final Attorney General, Michael Mukasey and the current AG, Eric Holder.During the Bush administration, opponents of capital punishment criticized the Justice Department for bringing federal death penalty cases too often and in states that have outlawed execution as a form of punishment. With Attorney General Eric Holder running the department, many people expected to see a more limited use of the tactic. But so far, Holder is instructing prosecutors to seek the death penalty at roughly the same rate as President Bush's last attorney general. Holder said at his confirmation hearing that he is not a proponent of the death penalty...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 03, 2009 (boomark / email).