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A CHILLING EFFECT

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

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Before we begin, we continue our story that broke late yesterday that Circuit Judge Tam Wilson will be retiring this coming October, 2009. A CHILLING EFFECT:The Justice Department has announced that the former Justice Department lawyers who authored legal memos justifying the use of coercive (read, torture) tactics against Al Queda prisoners, will not be subject to legal prosecution. The title of the post links to the article. Huh?Lets, break it down to its simplest elements. The United States Justice Department will NOT prosecute attorneys who rendered a legal opinion that we now believe to be both wrong, and odious to the principles upon which this country was founded. Since when was it a crime to author a legal opinion?Many of us are called from time to time to interpret statutes and case law for our clients...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on May 07, 2009 (boomark / email).

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