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| Study finds fewer terror prosecutions |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 09/06/2006 |
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WASHINGTON, DC - The federal government has fallen back to prosecuting international terrorists at about the same rate it did before 9/11, according to a study based on Justice Department data. The decline followed a sharp increase in such criminal prosecutions in the year after the attacks, according to a study released yesterday by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a data research group at Syracuse University. The analysis of data from the Justice Department's Executive Office of US Attorneys also said : In the eight months ending last May, Justice Department attorneys declined to prosecute more than 9 in every 10 terrorism cases sent to them by the FBI, Immigration, and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies. Nearly 4 in 10 of the rejected cases were scrapped because prosecutors found weak or insufficient evidence, no evidence of criminal intent, or no evident federal crime. Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, 14 people have been sentenced to 20 years or more in prison in terrorism cases. Of the 1,329 convicted defendants, 625 received a prison sentence. More than half got no prison time or no more than they had served awaiting their verdict. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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