Post by cjm on Jul 13, 2019 7:46:53 GMT
“We have a problem in this country with unfettered prosecutorial power and what I call overcriminalization,” said Powell, who authored the book Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice.
“There are so many laws that can or have been criminalized by well-meaning or worse overly aggressive prosecutors that any one of us — I mean there goes but by the grace of God — any one of us — if a prosecutor wants to indict you and send you to prison they can do it,” Powell said.