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on Jan 14, 2013
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How and why the US Justice Department over-prosecu...
"The prosecutor charged the maximum because it is a waste of time to take a guy to federal court over a $20k fine and a year of probation."
You know the prosecutor could have just not taken him to court at all, right?
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You know the prosecutor could have just not taken him to court at all, right?