Ashcroft's Unwise Intervention
We have reported frequently, here, here and here, on Ashcroft's overriding the recommendations of his local prosecutors and directing them to seek the death penalty. Here is a prime example of a case which Ashcroft has misjudged--it involves a Brooklyn murder prosecution in which the eyewitness testimony is in doubt.
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