Eric Holder actually said...

I think that is a good use of prosecutorial discretion, to look at the conduct, regardless of what the statutory maximums were.

Holder defends the prosecution's discretion in sentencing based on conduct rather than maximum penalties.

03/05/2013

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Eric Holder confirmed as the nation's first African-American attorney general.

It is my belief that a carefully crafted law to shield the press in the way that you have described is appropriate.

Guantanamo will be closed. The President-elect during the campaign made that promise.

I will take my obligation seriously under those regulations and look at the evidence that the States provide.