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Death, an IG and politics

By cdw

An Investigation into the Removal of Nine U.S. Attorneys in 2006, U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General and Office of Professional Responsibility, Sept. 2008. (PDF, 392 pp., 3.6 Megs). That report highlights the concerns about Paul Charlton (USA Ariz),  p. 227-234, in his belief that death was not warranted in the prosecution of Jose Rios Rico.  Despite those concerns DoJ central decided to pursue death and removed Mr. Charlton.  As noted several weeks ago in the email edition the Attorney General Mukasey has reversed the Government’s prior position and the matter has resolved as a noncapital matter. From the conclusion of the report: The most serious allegations that arose were that the U.S. Attorneys were removed based on improper political factors, including to affect the way they handled certain voter fraud or public corruption investigations and prosecutions...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on September 29, 2008 (boomark / email).