Janet Reno
Janet Reno
Janet Wood Renoserved as the Attorney General of the United States, from 1993 to 2001. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, and confirmed on March 11, 1993. She was the first woman to serve as Attorney General and the second longest serving Attorney General after William Wirt...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 July 1938
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
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I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than most people in the United States.
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America has become numb to violence because it just drowns in it, day in and day out.
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Well, as you have realized on a number of occasions, I get damned if I do and damned if I don't. And the important thing is to try to make sure that we recognize that it is a matter of state law in most cases, that each state conducts its elections according to state law, and that we do not interfere unless there is a basis for federal jurisdiction,
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Bill McBride is the Democratic nominee for the governor of the state of Florida, and I congratulate him, ... I urge everybody to support him, because I think this is going to be one of the most critical elections in Florida's history.
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We want to fashion recommendations and best practices that local, state and federal agencies can follow,
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a sentence of death is justified, and the United States will seek the death penalty.
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I think it is important that we adhere to principles of federalism, recognize that it is primarily a state issue, and, again, do everything we can to play an appropriate role that doesn't politicize the matter but contributes in a thoughtful way to the resolution of it,
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It is addressing situations where the state cannot or will not take action, or where there may be an evidentiary law in the state that makes it more propitious to handle the case in federal court,
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If we got into a situation where if American children ended up abroad, and American parents wanted them returned, and a foreign country made them a citizen so they did not return, I don't think people in the United States would be very happy about it,
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Governor Bush abdicated. He said it's not his problem. But he is the chief executive officer of this state, and there are no laws more important in this state than election laws,
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We're going to pursue every last murderer until justice has been done,
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We want to try to apprehend those people and take action against them for the most serious crime for which they are eligible for prosecution,
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There are days where I thought if I could have just spent a little bit more time on a certain issue I might have handled it differently.
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There are some bad police officers like there are bad people in every walk of life, ... When we see officers cross the line and tarnish the reputation and violate the laws, it's important that we take action when the jurisdiction of the federal government is invoked.