Posted on 11/13/2007 10:55:18 AM PST by MrLegalReform
District Attorneys have "National Prosecution Standards." U.S. Attorneys have their own ethics manual. But what about state Attorneys General? They get to make everything up as they go, as their increasingly aggressive prosecutions are showing.
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Our former Atty General (Mike Hatch) would definitely fall into the category of a power-hungry, no holds barred Attorney General.
1. Act as a barrier between inquisitive law enforcement investigators and the Governor and his associates.
2. Investigate and prosecute real or imagined crimes by officials or patrons of the opposing political party.
3. Use the option of criminal prosecution to encourage official and unofficial financial contributions to the Governor and his associates.
4. Cleanse any mention of past felonies and misdemeanors attributed to the Governor and his associates from official state records.
Not if they are from a different party than yours...................
Yeah, your right. Sometimes they’re not from the same party.
It’s my party and I’ll pry if I want to, Pry if I want to.
You would pry, too, if it happened to you!...........
LOL!!!!.....Good!.....
I’m not a subscriber. Does it mention Mike Aguirre, San Diego’s city attorney? He has tried to turn that office into a position that lets him tell everyone from the mayor on down what to do. He’s a total pest. His job involves only prosecuting misdemeanors and advising the city council, but they can’t fire him, and they can’t keep him away from cameras. They have had to hire outside counsel instead.
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