20 April 2003

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Some legislators hid in the Amber Alert legislation new restrictions on federal judges. "Many prosecutors say they agree with the bill's goals." Of course they do. Sentencing guidelines switch control of the courtroom from the judge to the prosecutor. The judge used to decide what happened to you when you came into his courtroom. Now the prosecutor decides what happens to you because he decides what you are charged with and can mold the charges to whatever he chooses in order to get the number of years he desires.

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