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The dangerous loophole turning U.S. attorney’s offices into political instruments
In February 1897, all criminal prosecutions in the District of Columbia stopped. Trials were postponed.
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In February 1897, all criminal prosecutions in the District of Columbia stopped. Trials were postponed. New arrestees unable to post bond faced indefinite detention. A wanted fugitive captured in another state could not be extradited.
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