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Work as cop molded view of prosecutor key to U.S. crime review

WASHINGTON — A zealous prosecutor who played a key role in writing the Justice Department’s new policy encouraging harsher punishments for criminals is now turning his attention to hate crimes, marijuana and the ways law enforcement seizes suspects’ cash and property. Steve Cook’s hardline views on criminal justice were fortified as a cop on the streets of Knoxville, Tennessee, in the late 1970s and early ’80s.

 

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