Pubdate: Tues, 16 Feb 1999
Source: Orange County Register (CA)
Copyright: 1999 The Orange County Register
Contact:  http://www.ocregister.com/
Section: News,page 12

MANY ANTI-CRIME LAWS NOT NEEDED,STUDY SAYS

A task force led by former Attorney General Edwin Meese 11 says Congress is
sometimes pushed to pass "misguided, unnecessary and harmful" anti-crime
laws out of fear of being considered soft on crime if it fails to act.

The panel calls on Congress to resist its political impulse. It notes with
alarm that more than 40 percent of all federal criminal laws enacted since
the Civil War were passed since 1970.

The task force was sponsored by the American Bar Association. After a
two-year study, its 56-page report will be made public today.

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