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Prosecutorial Discretion in Action: Andrew Sullivan Skates on Marijuana Charge

Prosecutors say they need a lot of discretion.  Why?  So that they can prosecute the powerless, while refusing to prosecute the powerful and connected?  You think I'm some sort of wild-eyed Marxist?Hardly.  Here's a typical case (via):Political commentator, author and writer for The Atlantic magazine Andrew M. Sullivan won?t have to face charges stemming from a recent pot bust at the Cape Cod National Seashore ? but a federal judge isn?t happy about it.U. S. Magistrate Judge Robert B. Collings says in his decision that the case is an example of how sometimes ?small cases raise issues of fundamental importance in our system of justice.?The rest of the details are here.  Magistrate Judge Robert Collings' opinion is here: It's thoughtful and worth reading...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on September 11, 2009 (boomark / email).