Feed excerpt — reported by The Hill
In February 1897, all criminal prosecutions in the District of Columbia stopped. Trials were postponed. New arrestees unable to post bond faced indefinite detention. A wanted fugitive captured in another state could not be extradited. For 22 days, no prosecutorial authority existed in the nation’s capital. The cause of this disruption? The absence of a…
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