John Ashcroft Crimes Quotations

We will expend every effort and devote all the necessary resources to bring the people responsible for these acts -- these crimes -- to justice,

We have not foreclosed charging other crimes against this individual should other evidence be developed or other evidence be made available,

We believe that this is a very important step forward in the reduction of crime. When you get a 15 percent reduction, that's one out of every seven crimes that would have happened last year doesn't happen this year and that in our mind is a very favorable sign,

The pending hate crime legislation in Congress is under review in the Justice Department at this time, ... We're inclined to prosecute hate crimes like this one.

We believe that the evidence that is available through his statements, which is the basis of the charges, provides charging for those crimes which are not death-eligible,

But we don't believe that an enemy combatant qualifies for all of the safeguards that are included for people who are charged with crimes in our criminal justice system,