Let no man forget
that the prosecutors are the agent of the State. Their capacity to decide if a
case should be pursued, the kind of charges to be filed or if the action itself
needs to be dropped, is a power that few within our Society possess. Today we
have two notable examples that ought to rock the confidence of the average
citizen in this system gone mad. The Justice Department is no longer demanding
that former FBI agent Robert Hanssen face the death penalty. Contrast this
decision with the one on the state level, that moved to dismiss the involuntary
manslaughter charge against FBI sharpshooter Lon Horiuchi, of Ruby Ridge fame.
What do they both have in common?
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