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DENVER -- The immigration issue took center stage in the Colorado governor's race after reports that Democratic candidate Bill Ritter approved plea deals allowing legal and illegal aliens to avoid deportation during his tenure as Denver district attorney.     From 1998 to 2004, Mr. Ritter oversaw plea bargains in 152 cases that permitted defendants to plead guilty to agricultural trespass instead of more serious charges, including assault, drug trafficking and vehicle theft, that carry a penalty of mandatory deportation, according to court documents.     In one case, an attorney for Ernesto Leon Reyes, a resident alien facing deportation after being charged with...

A NATIONAL LAUGHINGSTOCK ONCE MORE by Timothy Rollins, Editor and Publisher January 23, 2006 For many Americans, Milwaukee is best known for Hall-of-Famer Bob Uecker, homosexual pedophile and cannibal-turned-serial-killer Jeffrey Dahmer, and most recently, voter fraud on a larger scale than any other major U.S. city, with the exception of Philadelphia, where in all likelihood, Democrats there are probably still casting Benjamin Franklin's ballot every two years.In a news story that broke nationwide 14 months ago when it happened, five operatives with the Wisconsin Democratic Party were arrested for slashing tires on a fleet of vans rented by the Wisconsin...

<p>Attorney General John Ashcroft is directing federal prosecutors to seek maximum charges and penalties more often in criminal cases and to limit use of plea bargains to get convictions, Justice Department officials said yesterday.</p> <p>Plea bargains still would be permitted but tied more closely to defendants' actions, such as guarantees of cooperation in ongoing investigations, the officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. The current guidelines give federal prosecutors far more flexibility in determining which charges to bring based on the facts of individual cases.</p>

<p>Attorney General John Ashcroft is directing federal prosecutors to seek maximum charges and penalties in more criminal cases and to limit use of plea bargains to get convictions.</p> <p>"Federal prosecutors must charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offenses that are supported by the facts," Ashcroft said in a memo to U.S. attorneys released Monday. "Charges should not be filed simply to exert leverage to get a plea."</p>

Rapist admits stalking boy, gets probation By Randy Kenner and Jamie Satterfield, News-Sentinel staff writers August 24, 2002 A convicted child rapist who told deputies he can't control his urges pleaded guilty Friday to stalking an 11-year-old Knoxville boy and was sentenced to a year on probation. Robert Charles Druckemiller's plea agreement had a judge questioning whether it was appropriate, a prosecutor saying it was all he could get and the child's mother saying Druckemiller belongs in jail. "I don't like it," the boy's mother said after the hearing. "I think he should be put away. Why should we sit...