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The prosecutors sure didn't hesitate to pull out the maximum sentence in their press release. They made it clear they wanted it all.

• anigbrowl 14y ago
  That's what you get for having elected prosecutors. But quoting the statutory maximum as a matter of fact for a soundbite and asking the court to impose it (which it seems they were not about to do) are very different.
  • rhizome 14y ago
    Federal prosecutors are appointed, not elected.
    • anigbrowl 14y ago
      That's true, but they are political appointees and most have been have pursued the path of running for DA or attorney-general in state and local elections. Sorry for the confusion, I suppose I should have said that the trouble was that the office of prosecutor is political (as opposed to professional) in the US.
      • rhizome 14y ago
        It is expressly not (supposed to be) political, but how you interpret that is up to you. See: Monica Goodling, Tim Griffin, et al. As far as aspirants to elected office goes, Giuliani is a rarity among federal prosecutors more than he's an exemplar, most are lawyerly lifers. It's like saying kernel hackers are secretly pining to become marketing executives.