Ashcroft vs. the Puerto Rico Constitution
Attorney General John Ashcroft is pushing the federal death penalty on Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico law doesn't allow for the death penalty and the people there are justifiably angry. Elaine Cassell of Civil Liberties Watch has more.
It seems as if Attorney General John Ashcroft never met a constitution he liked. His contempt for the US Constitution is the main theme of this website. But the AG does not favor one constitution over another with his contempt, if Puerto Rico is an example.
The Puerto Rican constitution bans the death penalty. Yet, Ashcroft and his prosecutors are seeking the ultimate punishment against men accused of kidnapping and murder and Puerto Ricans are not happy.
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