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Utilizing "a little-noticed provision in last year's reauthorization of the Patriot Act," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales may soon have greater influence over death penalty cases in California and other states, "including the power to shorten the time that death row inmates have to appeal convictions to federal courts."

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engineer
Aug. 14, 2007, 9:44 a.m.
We no longer live in a democracy but in a dictatorship whose direct cause was 9/11 which was deliberately done by the present administration. www.seeloosechange.com www.mime11.com
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texangelwings
Aug. 14, 2007, 10:03 a.m.
This just does not seem like the US AG's call or job, it seems more like a Judge's job. This is scarey!
Thanks Mark!
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bubba2
Aug. 14, 2007, 10:47 a.m.
Most of Congress never even read the Patriot Act, either time it was before them, so it really doesn't surprise me that it gives the DoJ that power ...
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hamy
Aug. 14, 2007, 11:59 a.m.
How could people let this happen? Congress should be held accountable for allowing this obvious grab of power and all of the other obvious grabs at power that the Bush camp has asserted.
Shame on all politicians!
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crespi
Aug. 14, 2007, 12:19 p.m.
Neocon Fascism Rules!
The lying, torture-mongering toady has life or death power over us all!
GOD BLESS GEORGE W BUSH.
(And his fascist regime.)
-quoting a "popular" Sex Pistols song...
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Obaku
Aug. 14, 2007, 7:52 p.m.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages (substitute 'terrorists') whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
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nostalgia
Aug. 15, 2007, 7:27 a.m.
I guess never realized that so many Netscape users were defenders of States Rights!
Great to see!
Where have you been all of these years as the Feds took more and more control?