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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2008
WWW.USDOJ.GOVCRT
(202) 514-2007
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WASHINGTON-“Most law enforcement officers perform their difficult duties with honor and professionalism,” stated Acting Assistant Attorney General Grace Chung Becker. “The Department of Justice will hold accountable any prosecutor who steps over the line and engages in this sort of misconduct.

The Civil Rights Division is committed to the vigorous enforcement of every federal criminal civil rights statute, such as the laws that prohibit the willful use of excessive force or other acts of misconduct by law enforcement officials. The Division has compiled a significant record on criminal civil rights law enforcement prosecutions. In Fiscal Year 2007, the Criminal Section convicted the highest number of defendants in its history, surpassing the record previously set in Fiscal Year 2006. During the last seven years, the Criminal Section obtained convictions of 53 percent more defendants (391 v. 256) in law enforcement prosecutions than the previous seven years.