Thursday, March 14, 2002

Proscribing prosecutor abuse


Independent Counsel Robert W. Ray's "Final Report Regarding Monica Lewinsky and Others" (March 6, 2002) featuring former President William Jefferson Clinton, highlights a prosecutorial abuse that President George Bush should end: namely, officially pronouncing unindicted targets of investigations guilty of crimes that have not been proven beyond a reasonable doubt in judicial proceedings.
The Final Report gratuitously declares that the evidence Mr. Ray gathered proved Mr. Clinton guilty of perjury and obstruction of justice.
It elaborates: "More specifically, the Independent Counsel concluded that President Clinton engaged in conduct that impeded the due administration of justice

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