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		rprasad on Jan 14, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How and why the US Justice Department over-prosecu... Congress wrote the law making those acts a crime and imposing sentencing guidelines, not the USDOJ.

thenetwork on Jan 15, 2013 [–]

The DOJ lobbied for these laws and they routinely lobby to make sentencing more severe. They make the recommendations and congress implements.

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