Sen. Orin Hatch Thinks Prosecution of Immigrants More Important Than Prosecution of Pedophiles [View All]

[McCamy Taylor]

Sen. Orin Hatch, in his position as defender of the administrations plan to fire federal prosecutors and replace them with political appointees, nailed Lam and Inglesias to crosses (while claiming that he was not criticizing theior performance) and then compared them unfavorably to the federal prosecutor in Texas, who still has a job and who was rewarded on Tuesday with a promotion by AG Gonzales.

Interesting that Orin Hatch thinks so highly of federal attorney Johnny Sutton. Sutton is under fire for his decision not to prosecute officials at the Texas Youth Commission for the sexual abuse of children under their care. The local prosecutor had refused to step in to protect these minors. The Texas (Republican) AG had declined to prosecute these apppointees of Republican Governor Rick Perry prior to the 2006 election in which Perry was running. That left Sutton as the last hope for justice for the kids at the facility. He decided not to get involved either.

So, Orin Hatch thinks that a federal prosecutor who declines to prosecute child sexual abusers is a model US attorney.

http://blogs.chron.com/texaspolitics/archives/2007/03/did_al_gonzales.html