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Some (final?) thoughts on politics, prosecution and punishment

By Douglas A. Berman

Reviewing today's headlines in the New York Times in my in-box, these two indirectly related items seemed to justify some criminal justice reflection and commentary: From the front page: U.S. Defends Tough Tactics With Spitzer: "The Justice Department used some of its most intrusive tactics against Eliot Spitzer, examining his financial records, eavesdropping on his phone calls and tailing him during its criminal investigation." From the op-ed page: After the End of the Affair: "Whatever Eliot Spitzer's and David Paterson's sins, just surviving infidelity in America may be punishment enough." Especially in the wake of so many high-profile federal prosecutions for lying ? ranging from Martha Stewart to Victor Rita to Scooter Libby to Barry Bonds ? I found this passage from the op-ed intriguing:We Americans are particularly preoccupied with honesty...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 21, 2008 (boomark / email).