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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush

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To: Mephisto who wrote (1314)	1/18/2001 1:11:59 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) of 93284

Ashcroft's Crime Claims Letter to the Editor: From The New York Times January 15, 2001 Your Jan. 12 editorial gave many good reasons for opposing John Ashcroft's confirmation as attorney general. I would like to add one more: his hyperbolic proclamations about youth crime. Although youth crime has reached a 25-year low, Mr. Ashcroft claimed that it was near an all-time record high. Although there are five times as many adults arrested for violent crimes as juveniles, he asserted that violent offenders are "more typically" juveniles. And even though the odds of being shot in a school in 1998 were one in two million, Mr. Ashcroft claimed that "we have killers in the classrooms and predators on the playground." It's one thing for a senator to make misleading statements, but the attorney general is in charge of the departments that analyze crime statistics. If Mr. Ashcroft is confirmed, it will seriously damage public faith in the objectivity of Justice Department data. VINCENT SCHIRALDI President, Justice Policy Institute Washington, Jan. 12, 2001 Copyright 2001 The New York Times Company

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