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Government

Mar. 20, 1999

New Breed

OAKLAND - Crime in Washington, D.C.'s violent Fifth Ward was nearly out of control in 1994 when then-U.S. Attorney Eric H. Holder Jr. converted federal lawyers into a new breed of crimefighter known as community prosecutors.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        OAKLAND - Crime in Washington, D.C.'s violent Fifth Ward was nearly out of control in 1994 when then-U.S. Attorney Eric H. Holder Jr. converted federal lawyers into a new breed of crimefighter known as community prosecutors.
        That innovative move by Holder...

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