Federal prosecutors work in federal courthouses which are in urban areas where parking is expensive. The judges and GSA guys hog the inside free parking. These prosecutors are lobbying for free parking somewhere near the courthouse by using the fear factor.
Wrong. Most US Attorneys offices are at an off-site from the federal courthouses and AUSAs routinely walk or drive to and from court proceedings.
This is a legitimate concern. Threats are definately on the rise and as we saw in the Northern District of Illinois, Judge Lefcow ignoring warnings from federal marshals and requesting that protective services end for her and her family after a threats were made led to her mother’s and husband’s death.
There is no end to the insane level of threats rendered against the judiciary in this day and age.
This isn’t even all about “major drug dealers” being sentenced and the like. There is an equal amount of violence in federal civil court proceedings due to the volatile and very personal nature of bankruptcy and civil actions.
RLTW