i'm confused (though unsurprised) why the bush/ashcroft bashing has come into this thread.
is this particular case not a decision by the the authorities in the state of louisiana and confirmed by a circuit court? if the bush administration were to step in, they would be strong-arming a state's law enforcement institutions and/or manipulating an appointed judiciary. only the good lord knows what kind of fire (and rightfully so, i might add) they would get from the same people who are bashing them now if they did the exact opposite.
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