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Politics : Should Clinton resign? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Craig K who wrote (511)	9/22/1998 3:33:00 PM
From: James A. Shankland	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 567

I agree...if we let him get away with it, then we must release those in prison for the same crimes, and re-write the law books to remove the crime Just out of curiosity: would you feel that censure would be "letting him get away with it"? Also, civil perjury is very rarely prosecuted today at all; civil perjury on a matter that turns out to be non-material to the outcome of the case is almost never prosecuted. (I'm sure there are a few, rare exceptions.) Clinton aside, does that also, as far as you're concerned, mean that all perjury statutes should be removed from the books? Finally, do you believe in the notion of mitigating punishment due to extenuating circumstances at all? Or do you believe that if someone ever gets a lighter punishment for a transgression due to the particular circumstances, then "we must release those in prison for the same crimes, and rewrite the law books to remove the crime"?