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Ashcroft Aggressively Pursues Death Penalty
By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, July 1, 2002; Page A01
At a time when many authorities, from the U.S. Supreme Court to state governments, are rethinking aspects of capital punishment, Attorney General John D. Ashcroft is aggressively pursuing the federal death penalty and frequently overruling his own prosecutors in the process, according to records and public officials.