Jeff Sessions needs to clean house before he goes into meddling with the states over things the people of the states have lawfully voted for.
Originally Posted by The2Dogs
As I understood an accurate description of the "directive" to Sessions with regard to the unmentionable, it was misquoted and misdescribed by the "substance friendly" media. And the description I heard makes sense based on DOJ policies and procedures vis-a-vis the United States Attorney Offices.
The Obaminable Administration effectively prohibited US Attorneys from prosecuting those person in states where it is legalized, which was rescinded by Sessions on the basis that the POTUS should not be PROHIBITING prosecutions under specific criminal statutes, who in turn ALLOWED the U.S. Attorneys to exercise their prosecutorial discretion as to whether or not to prosecute under that particular criminal statute.
The general DOJ policies and procedures REQUIRE U.S. Attorneys Offices to seek approvals from the DOJ when deciding not to prosecute a specific defendant for a specific crime at a certain level, AND THAT EVEN APPLIES TO PLEA BARGAINS. As to this specific offense that is no longer required. They are NOW "directed" they can use their DISCRETION.
There is a long criminal litigation history of the Feds prosecuting for offenses states don't prosecute ... not to mention assessing extraordinarily LONG SENTENCES for the same offenses prosecuted by the states. It's not "double jeopardy" to be prosecuted for both the state and the Federal offense. They are distinguishable crimes.