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THREAD: In reviewing Professor @RachelBarkow’s fabulous book, Prisoners of Politics, I analyzed hundreds of letters that @TheJusticeDept and the National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys have written to federal policymakers on proposed #CRreforms
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What I discovered was shocking and yet utterly unsurprising at the same time. Federal prosecutors like to say they just enforce the law—no more no less. Don’t believe them. The DOJ and NAAUSA have major lobbying efforts with all federal policymakers.
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Federal prosecutors’ lobbying efforts are quite predictable. They routinely oppose modest criminal justice reforms, even when those reforms would increase public safety and fairness. They oppose nearly any reduction in the federal prison population. bit.ly/2xSU2f8
