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New op-ed from Senator McCain talking about DOJ and judges

By Douglas A. Berman

A helpful reader passed along this new op-ed authored by Senator John McCain in which he discusses the future of the Department of Justice and judicial appointments.  Here are snippets that might especially intrigue (and annoy) sentencing fans: Lax enforcement policies, judges who legislate from the bench and lack of support for law enforcement personnel all continue to force our innocent citizens behind the barred windows of their homes and allow criminals to roam free. And now drugs are bringing waves of crime and organized gang activity to rural areas thought to be nearly immune from such problems.  The federal government must both support state and local law enforcement and effectively enforce federal laws designed to root out violent crime, organized gangs and other interstate criminal activity...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 27, 2008 (boomark / email).