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Ashcroft Death Penalty

NPR | By Lynn Neary

Published February 6, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

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NPR's Lynn Neary talks with New York Times reporter Ben Weiser about Attorney General John Ashcroft's decision to pursue the death penalty in 12 cases in New York and Connecticut, against the wishes of local federal prosecutors.